Diet Quality Index - International (DQI-I)

Diet quality is an important measure in understanding food security because of the synergistic nature of microand macronutrients (Gerber, 2001 [1]) and the association of healthy diet patterns with reduced risk for diet-related disease and illness (Kant, 1996 [2]). The Diet Quality Index ? International (DQI-I) is a composite, individual-level diet quality indicator. It was created in 2003 to enable cross-cultural diet quality comparisons, something that had previously not been done using diet quality composite indicators (Kim et al., 2003 [3]). The DQII built off existing indicators, such as the Healthy Eating Index [4] (HEI) and the Diet Quality Index (DQI), but was formulated to incorporate the many aspects of a diet which contribute to its quality, including diversity, adequacy, moderation, and balance.