Josje D Schoufour, Jessica C Kiefte-de Jong, Trudy Voortman
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the criterion validity of the 2015 food-based Dutch dietary guidelines, which were formulated based on evidence on the relation between diet and major chronic diseases. DESIGN: We studied 9,701 participants of the Rotterdam Study, a population-based prospective cohort in individuals aged 45 years and over. METHOD: Dietary intake was assessed at baseline with a food-frequency questionnaire. For all participants, we examined adherence (yes/no) to fourteen items of the guidelines: vegetables (≥200g/d), fruit (≥200g/d), whole-grains (≥90g/d), legumes (≥135g/wk), nuts (≥15g/d), dairy (≥350g/d), fish (≥100g/wk), tea (≥450mL/d), ratio whole-grains:total grains (≥50%), ratio unsaturated fats & oils:total fats (≥50%), red and processed meat (<300g/wk), sugar-containing beverages (<150mL/d), alcohol (<10 g/d) and salt (≤6g/d)...
September 19, 2018: Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde