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1996

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Nutrition

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Dietary Staus Index: Association With Food Groups And Body Mass Index In Rural East Tennessee Women Living In Public Housing, Linda Lou Knol Aug 1996

Dietary Staus Index: Association With Food Groups And Body Mass Index In Rural East Tennessee Women Living In Public Housing, Linda Lou Knol

Masters Theses

Dietary Status Index: Association with Food Groups and Body Mass

Index in Rural East Tennessee Women Living in Public Housing Objective: To determine if any differences existed in the number of servings per week consumed from designated food groups between women with low, medium or high Dietary Status Index (DSI) scores. Also, to determine if an association exists between Dietary Status Index (DSI) and Body Mass Index (BMI). DSI, a measure of both dietary adequacy and moderation, is the arithmetic mean of the Dietary Adequacy Score (DAS) and the Dietary Moderation Score (DMS).

Subjects: 121 non-pregnant females, 18 years or …