Background/objectives Many diet quality scores exist, but fully food-based scores based on
contemporary evidence are scarce. Our aim was to develop a food-based diet score based
on international literature and examine its discriminative capacity and socio-demographic
determinants. Subjects/methods Between 2006 and 2013, dietary intake of 129,369
participants of the Lifelines Cohort (42% male, 45±13 years (range 18–93)) was assessed
with a 110-item food frequency questionnaire. Based on the 2015 Dutch Dietary Guidelines …

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excluded, leaving 129,369 participants in the study.” …