The Healthy Eating Index _____

question 61

Multiple Choice

The Healthy Eating Index _____.

• A) assigns scores based on the extent to which diets meet recommended standards of intake
• B) assesses a person's dietary intake based on 12 dietary components
• C) is primarily used for monitoring an individual's dietary quality
• D) bases its guidelines on Food and Drug Administration dietary restrictions
• E) cannot be used for research purposes to assess population dietary quality

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