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Article

Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake

by
Sarah Colby
1,*,
Wenjun Zhou
2,
Chelsea Allison
1,
Anne E. Mathews
3,
Melissa D. Olfert
4,
Jesse Stabile Morrell
5,
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner
6,
Geoffrey Greene
7,
Onikia Brown
8,
Kendra Kattelmann
9 and
Karla Shelnutt
10
1
Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
2
Department of Business Analytics and Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
3
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
4
Department of Human Nutrition and Foods, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
5
Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA
6
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8554, USA
7
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
8
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Management, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
9
Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
10
Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Nutrients 2020, 12(9), 2611; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092611
Submission received: 22 July 2020 / Revised: 21 August 2020 / Accepted: 23 August 2020 / Published: 27 August 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Issues in Nutrition Research)
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Abstract

Because diet quality (DQ) is associated with risk of chronic disease and is a common construct assessed in health-related research, validated tools to assess DQ are needed that have low respondent and researcher burden. Thus, content experts develop the Short Healthy Eating Index (sHEI) tool and an associated scoring system. The sHEI scoring system was then refined using a classification and regression tree (CRT) algorithm methodology with an iterative feedback process with expert review and input. The sHEI scoring system was then validated using a concurrent criterion validation process that included the sHEI DQ scores (calculated from responses from 50 participants) being compared to the participants’ Healthy Eating Index scores derived from 24 h recalls. The total HEI score from the CRT algorithm highly correlated with the 24 h recall HEI score (0.79). For individual food group items, the correlation between the CRT algorithm scoring and the 24 h recall data scoring ranged from 0.44 for refined grains to 0.64 for whole fruits. The sHEI appears to be a valid tool for estimating overall dietary quality and individual items (with correlations > 0.49) for fruits, vegetables, dairy, added sugar, sugar from sugar-sweetened beverages, and calcium.
Keywords: the HEI; survey; diet quality the HEI; survey; diet quality

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Colby, S.; Zhou, W.; Allison, C.; Mathews, A.E.; Olfert, M.D.; Morrell, J.S.; Byrd-Bredbenner, C.; Greene, G.; Brown, O.; Kattelmann, K.; et al. Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake. Nutrients 2020, 12, 2611. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092611

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Colby S, Zhou W, Allison C, Mathews AE, Olfert MD, Morrell JS, Byrd-Bredbenner C, Greene G, Brown O, Kattelmann K, et al. Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake. Nutrients. 2020; 12(9):2611. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092611

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Colby, Sarah, Wenjun Zhou, Chelsea Allison, Anne E. Mathews, Melissa D. Olfert, Jesse Stabile Morrell, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Geoffrey Greene, Onikia Brown, Kendra Kattelmann, and et al. 2020. "Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake" Nutrients 12, no. 9: 2611. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092611

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Colby, S., Zhou, W., Allison, C., Mathews, A. E., Olfert, M. D., Morrell, J. S., Byrd-Bredbenner, C., Greene, G., Brown, O., Kattelmann, K., & Shelnutt, K. (2020). Development and Validation of the Short Healthy Eating Index Survey with a College Population to Assess Dietary Quality and Intake. Nutrients, 12(9), 2611. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12092611

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