Dietary Nutrition Index-A New Approach to the Quality Assessment of the Diet

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Authors

  • Manjula P. Barigidad
     Division of Foods and Nutrition, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 ,IN
  • M. R. Adwani
     Division of Foods and Nutrition, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 ,IN
  • Rama K. Naik
     Division of Foods and Nutrition, College of Rural Home Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005 ,IN

Abstract

Information on consumption of daily food intake helps in assessing indirectly, the nutritional status of individuals in terms of food adequacy. The data pertaining to food intake is collected by several methods such as questionnaire, one or three day recall, weighment method and the like. The quality of diet in turn is assessed by the adequacy of nutrients which are computed based on the dietary data and the existing national recommendation of nutrients to a particular population, in the field of diet survey adequacy of individual nutrients are computed and evaluated separately.

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Published

1996-02-01

How to Cite

Barigidad, M. P., Adwani, M. R., & Naik, R. K. (1996). Dietary Nutrition Index-A New Approach to the Quality Assessment of the Diet. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 33(2), 29–32. Retrieved from https://informaticsjournals.co.in/index.php/ijnd/article/view/13928

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Volume 33, Issue 2, February 1996

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Original Articles

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