“…It has been shown that a high-quality diet, as measured by the AHEI and the MDS indices, is inversely associated with the risk for morbidity and mortality of the major chronic diseases, namely CVD, cancer and T2DM [ 12 , 14 , 15 , 17 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 ]. We examined both indices as they have different features, although they appear similar with respect to the majority of components used.…”