Gerber reported the Mediterranean Diet Quality Indiex (Med-DQI) to evaluate an adult's adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The author is from Centre de recherche en Cancerologie Centre Regional de Lutte contre le Cancer in France.
Parameters:
(1) saturated fatty acids as percent of energy intake
(2) cholesterol in mg per day
(3) meats in g per day
(4) olive oil in mL per day
(5) fish in grams per day
(6) cereals in grams per day
(7) vegetables and fruits in grams per day
Parameter
Finding
Points
saturated fatty acids
< 10% of energy
0
10 to 13% of energy
1
> 13% of energy
2
cholesterol
< 300 mg/day
0
300 to 400 mg/day
1
> 400 mg/day
2
meats
< 25 g/day
0
25 to 125 g/day
1
> 125 g/day
2
olive oil
> 15 mL/day
0
5 to 15 mL/day
1
< 5 mL/day
2
fish
> 60 g/day
0
30 to 60 g/day
1
< 30 g/day
2
cereals
> 300 g/day
0
100 to 300 g/day
1
< 100 g/day
2
vegetables and fruits
> 700 g/day
0
400 to 700 g/day
1
< 400 g/day
2
total score =
= SUM(points for all 7 parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 14
• The higher the score the worse the diet.
Score
Quality
1 to 4
good
5 to 7
medium good
8 to 10
medium poor
11 to 14
poor
where:
• A score of 0 is not listed. This will be called very good in the implementation.
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