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Methodology for developing and evaluating food-based dietary guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index for Ethiopia: a study protocol

Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are used to promote and maintain healthy eating in a population, by providing country-specific guidance. However, many African countries like Ethiopia do not have FBDGs. This paper describes the methodology for the development of Ethiopian FBDGs and for creating...

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Main Authors: Bekele, T.H., Vries, J.J.H.M. de, Trijsburg, L., Feskens, E., Covic, Namukolo M., Kennedy, G., Brouwer, Inge D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: BMJ 2019
Subjects:
dietary guidelines
human nutrition
diet
methodology
evaluation
health
nutrition
guidelines
public health
feeding preferences
food intake
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102380
Summary:Food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs) are used to promote and maintain healthy eating in a population, by providing country-specific guidance. However, many African countries like Ethiopia do not have FBDGs. This paper describes the methodology for the development of Ethiopian FBDGs and for creating and evaluating a Healthy Eating Index and a scoring tool that can be used to monitor the adherence of the population to FBDGs.

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