Tag: Micronutrient adequacy

Research has shown that a more diversified diet is associated with improved health outcomes and increased micronutrient adequacy. Calculating your dietary diversity score (DDS) is a simple, cost-effective way to measure the nutritional quality of your food intake by counting the different food groups you consume.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a higher dietary diversity score is consistently correlated with better micronutrient adequacy and diet quality, making the dietary diversity score sheet a simple yet powerful tool for nutritional assessment. These sheets provide a quick, qualitative snapshot of the variety in diets for individuals or entire households.