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Diet Quality Of Adolescent Females In Relation To Disease Risk, Heidi Pfeifer
Diet Quality Of Adolescent Females In Relation To Disease Risk, Heidi Pfeifer
Theses & Dissertations
Background: Many people are living longer with chronic diseases costing billions in healthcare costs every year. Many things influence the risk of chronic diseases but one easily modified risk factor is diet. Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) and Alternate Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) diet quality indexes have been associated with chronic disease risk but has not been studied in disease risk in adolescents.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to look at adolescent girls’ diet quality scores compared with known adult values associated with chronic diseases and risk of mortality.
Methods: This is a secondary analysis of a previous …