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Diet Quality and Its Potential Cost Savings

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Surprisingly, only limited studies have examined the relationship between diet quality and the health care costs to government or to individuals. Additionally, very few studies have examined whether diet quality is able to predict future health care costs.

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Abbreviations

AIHW:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

ALSWH:

Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

ARFS:

Australian Recommended Food Score

DALY:

Disability-adjusted life years

DQES:

Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies

DQI:

Diet Quality Index

DQS:

Diet Quality Score

EPC:

Enhanced Primary Care

FFQ:

Food Frequency Questionnaire

HDI:

Healthy Diet Indicator

HEI:

Healthy Eating Index

HFI:

Healthy Food Index

HMO:

Health Maintenance Organization

MDS:

Mediterranean Diet Score

RFS:

Recommended Food Score

SENECA:

Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly; a Concerted Action

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Acknowledgement

The ALSWH is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. CE Collins is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council NHMRC career development fellowship. We thank all participants in ALSWH for their valuable contribution to this project.

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  1. School of Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Australia, University Drive, Callaghan, Newcastle, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Clare Collins & Amanda Patterson

  2. School of Medicine and Public Health, Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

    Alexis Hure

  3. School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Priority Research Centre in Physical Activity and Nutrition, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

    Tracy Burrows

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  1. Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences, School of Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  2. Rosemead Surgery, 8A Ray Park Avenue, Maidenhead, SL6 8DS, Berkshire, United Kingdom

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  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6UW, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Collins, C., Hure, A., Burrows, T., Patterson, A. (2013). Diet Quality and Its Potential Cost Savings. In: Preedy, V., Hunter, LA., Patel, V. (eds) Diet Quality. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7339-8_4

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