%0 Journal Article
%T The relationship with self rated health status and the overall quality of dietary intake of Turkish females; Healthy Eating Index Study
%A Yasemin Akdevelioglu
%A H¨¹seyin G¨¹m¨¹s
%J International Journal of Human Sciences
%D 2011
%I International Journal of Human Sciences
%X Aim: Our objectives were to assess the relationship between HEI (Healthy Eating Index) scores ¨C indicators of diet quality and healthy food intake patterns ¨Cdaily nutrient intake -self rated health status and anthropometric measurements. Materials and Methods: The participants were 566 randomly selected Turkish healthy female university students aged 17-32 years. Results: The mean score of HEI was 66.8¡À11.26 in female university students. 80.2, 11.7 and 8.1% of females diets were categorized into ¡°needs improvement¡±, ¡°good¡± and ¡°poor¡± respectively. Discussion: The HEI score of those who don¡¯t have a health problem have been found to be higher than those who have health problems. Moreover, the cholesterol intake (through a diet) levels of those who have health problems are significantly higher than those who don¡¯t have health problems (p<0.05).
%K HEI
%K nutrient
%K anthropometric measurements
%U http://www.insanbilimleri.com/ojs/index.php/uib/article/view/1849