Dietary quality and cardiometabolic indicators in the USA: A comparison of the Planetary Health Diet Index, Healthy Eating Index-2015, and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

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  • Frank S.M.
    • Affiliation: Carolina Population Center
  • Jaacks L.M.
    • Other Affiliation: University of Edinburgh
  • Avery C.L.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology
  • Adair L.S.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
  • Meyer K.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
  • Rose D.
    • Other Affiliation: Tulane University
  • Taillie L.S.
    • Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Nutrition
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  • Background The Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI) measures adherence to the sustainable dietary guidance proposed by the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health. To justify incorporating sustainable dietary guidance such as the PHDI in the US, the index needs to be compared to health-focused dietary recommendations already in use. The objectives of this study were to compare the how the Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI), the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) relate to cardiometabolic risk factors. Methods and findings Participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2015–2018) were assigned a score for each dietary index. We examined disparities in dietary quality for each index. We used linear and logistic regression to assess the association of standardized dietary index values with waist circumference, blood pressure, HDL-C, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and triglycerides (TG). We also dichotomized the cardiometabolic indicators using the cutoffs for the Metabolic Syndrome and used logistic regression to assess the relationship of the standardized dietary index values with binary cardiometabolic risk factors. We observed diet quality disparities for populations that were Black, Hispanic, low-income, and low-education. Higher diet quality was associated with improved continuous and binary cardiometabolic risk factors, although higher PHDI was not associated with high FPG and was the only index associated with lower TG. These patterns remained consistent in sensitivity analyses.; Conclusions Sustainability-focused dietary recommendations such as the PHDI have similar cross-sectional associations with cardiometabolic risk as HEI-2015 or DASH. Health-focused dietary guidelines such as the forthcoming 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans can consider the environmental impact of diet and still promote cardiometabolic health.
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  • PLoS ONE
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  • 19
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  • 1-Jan
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  • 1932-6203
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