Recognition of Federal Dietary Guidance Icons Is Associated with Greater Diet Quality

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Lisa JahnsSibylle Kranz

Abstract

Although the purpose of federal dietary guidance is to improve eating habits, few studies have described awareness of guidance and concurrent diet quality. The objective of the current study was to examine the prevalence of individuals who reported hearing of dietary guidance icons and to describe the association between having heard of the icons and diet quality. This study was a cross-sectional survey. Participants (n=23,343) were from the National Health and Nutrition Examination-What We Eat in America survey 2005-2014 cycles. Awareness of the Food Guide Pyramid, MyPyramid, or MyPlate icons by sociodemographic characteristics and diet quality were measured using Healthy Eating Index (HEI) scores derived from 24-hour recall data. Global Wald tests were used to test for differences in awareness of the icons within sociodemographic groups. Total HEI scores were calculated using the population-ratio method. Z-scores were used to test differences in HEI total scores between those with knowledge of the icons and those who responded negatively. In all cycles, those with less than a high school diploma were the least likely to report having heard of the icons (P<0.001). In every wave except 2011 to 2012, participants with low or mar...Continue Reading

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