Nizal Sarrafzadegan|Leila Azadbakht|Noushin Mohammadifard|Ahmad Esmaillzadeh|Sayyed Morteza Safavi|Firoozeh Sajadi|Hassan Ahmadvand|Maryam Maghroun|Roya Kelishadi
Do lifestyle interventions affect dietary diversity score in the general population?
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Ministry of Health and Medical Education|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences|Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
dietary diversity score dds good indicator diet quality well dietdisease relationships therefore present study undertaken reveal effect lifestyle intervention indexa baseline three evaluation studies conducted two intervention districts isfahan najafabad reference area arak located central iran isfahan healthy hearth programme ihhp targeted entire population nearly 2 million urban rural areas intervention communities one main strategies lifestyle intervention phase ihhp healthy nutrition usual dietary intake assessed using fortynineitem ffq diversity score food group calculated dds considered sum diversity scores food groupsthere significant increases dds intervention areas p 00001 controlling confounding factors significant interaction area evaluation stage regard dds p 00001 effect intervention diversity scores food groups also significant p 00001 adjusting socioeconomic statusthe communitybased lifestyle intervention ihhp successful improving dds might related increase diet quality population turn might decrease risks chronic diseases