Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents

Venegas Hargous, Carolina; Orellana, Liliana; Strugnell, Claudia; Corvalan, Camila; Allender, Steven; Bell, Colin

doi:10.1186/s12966-023-01516-z

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 4 Comparison of PHDI & PHDI-C scores among FECHiC participants (n = 958)

From: Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents

PHDI Components ^a	Possible scores	Participants’ PHDI scores ^b				PHDI-C Components ^c	Possible scores	Participants’ PHDI-C scores ^d
PHDI Components ^a	Possible scores	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Min	Max	PHDI-C Components ^c	Possible scores	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	Min	Max
Adequacy components						Adequacy components
Nuts & peanuts	0—10	0.2 (1.1)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0	Nuts & peanuts	0—10	0.2 (1.1)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0
Legumes	0 – 10	1.6 (3.2)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.6)	0.0	10.0	Legumes	0 – 10	1.6 (3.2)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.6)	0.0	10.0
Whole cereals	0 – 10	0.3 (0.9)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.1)	0.0	7.9
Fruits	0 – 10	6.0 (4.2)	7.2 (0.8 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0	Fruits	0 – 10	6.0 (4.2)	7.2 (0.8 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0
Vegetables	0 – 10	4.1 (3.2)	3.6 (1.6 – 6.4)	0.0	10.0	Vegetables	0 – 10	4.1 (3.2)	3.6 (1.6 – 6.4)	0.0	10.0
Ratio components						Ratio components
DGV ratio	0—5	0.4 (1.0)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	5.0	DGV ratio	0—5	0.4 (1.0)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	5.0
ReV ratio	0—5	2.4 (1.8)	2.7 (0.0 – 4.0)	0.0	5.0	ReV ratio	0—5	2.4 (1.8)	2.7 (0.0 – 4.0)	0.0	5.0
						Whole cereals ratio	0—10	0.6 (1.5)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.1)	0.0	9.9
Optimum components						Optimum components
						Cereals	0—10	7.0 (2.2)	7.5 (5.7 – 8.8)	0.0	10.0
Tubers & potatoes	0 – 10	0.5 (1.7)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	9.9	Tubers & potatoes	0 – 10	0.5 (1.7)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	9.9
Dairy products	0 – 10	1.1 (2.5)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	9.9	Dairy products	0 – 10	3.8 (3.4)	3.6 (0.0 – 7.0)	0.0	10.0
Eggs	0 – 10	0.5 (1.7)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0	Eggs & white meats	0 – 10	2.8 (3.4)	0.7 (0.0 – 5.8)	0.0	10.0
Fish & seafood	0 – 10	0.2 (1.0)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0
Vegetable oils	0 – 10	6.2 (2.3)	6.6 (4.4 – 8.5)	0.0	10.0	Vegetable oils	0 – 10	5.6 (2.8)	5.8 (3.5 – 7.9)	0.0	10.0
Moderation components						Moderation components
Chicken & other poultry	0 – 10	6.8 (4.3)	10.0 (1.3 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0
						Palm oil	0 – 10	4.7 (4.6)	4.4 (0.0 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0
Red meats	0 – 10	4.9 (4.9)	3.2 (0.0 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0	Red meats	0 – 10	4.9 (4.9)	3.2 (0.0 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0
Animal fats	0 – 10	5.4 (4.8)	10.0 (0.0 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0	Animal fats	0 – 10	5.4 (4.8)	10.0 (0.0 – 10.0)	0.0	10.0
Added sugars	0 – 10	0.2 (1.0)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0	Added sugars	0 – 10	0.2 (1.0)	0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)	0.0	10.0
TOTAL	0—150	40.7 (12.1)	40.5 (32.4 – 49.0)	3.1	80.0	TOTAL	0—150	50.1 (14.6)	50.0 (39.5 – 59.8)	9.6	97.6

Abbreviations: PHDI Planetary health diet index, PHDI-C Planetary health diet index for children and adolescents, FECHiC Food environment chilean cohort, DGV Dark green vegetables, ReV Red and orange vegetables, SD Standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range, Min Minimum, Max Maximum
^aExamples of food items included in each component are described in Cacau et al.’s supplemental Table 1 [19]
^bPHDI scores were calculated as described by Cacau et al. [19]
^cExamples of food items included in each component are described in Supplemental Table 6
^dPHDI-C scores were calculated as described in Table 2

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