Holistic Framework to Contextualize Dietary Quality Assessment: A Critical Review

Jessica M. Phelan (), Richard R. Rosenkranz, Connor J. Phelan and Sara K. Rosenkranz
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Jessica M. Phelan: Department of Food Nutrition Dietetics and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Richard R. Rosenkranz: Department of Food Nutrition Dietetics and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Connor J. Phelan: Department Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601, USA
Sara K. Rosenkranz: Department of Food Nutrition Dietetics and Health, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Numerous dietary quality indices exist to help quantify overall dietary intake and behaviors associated with positive health outcomes. Most indices focus solely on biomedical factors and nutrient or food intake, and exclude the influence of important social and environmental factors associated with dietary intake. Using the Diet Quality Index- International as one sample index to illustrate our proposed holistic conceptual framework, this critical review seeks to elucidate potential adaptations to dietary quality assessment by considering—in parallel—biomedical, environmental, and social factors. Considering these factors would add context to dietary quality assessment, influencing post-assessment recommendations for use across various populations and circumstances. Additionally, individual and population-level evidence-based practices could be informed by contextual social and environmental factors that influence dietary quality to provide more relevant, reasonable, and beneficial nutritional recommendations.

Keywords: dietary quality; reductionism; holism; dietary quality index; dietary quality measurement; social factors; environmental factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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