Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants [shortened version] scores are associated with Healthy Eating Index-2010 scores and other indices of diet quality in healthy adult omnivores and vegetarians

Abstract

The Healthy Eating Index-2010 is a measure of diet quality as portrayed by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans; however, computing the Healthy Eating Index score is time consuming and requires trained personnel. The Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants [shortened version] is a simple measure that quickly, in less than 10 min, assesses diet quality in a clinical or research setting. This research evaluated the degree of correlation between these two methods of scoring diet quality, as well as between these methods and other indicators of diet quality, including the nutrient density of the diet, the dietary potential renal acid load, urine pH, and plasma vitamin C concentrations. The research design was a secondary data analysis, and participants were healthy adults (n = 81) self-classified as omnivorous, vegetarian, or vegan. Confounding variables were identified and controlled using partial correlations. The two methods of scoring diet quality were significantly correlated (r = 0.227, p = 0.047). Both the Healthy Eating Index and the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants scoring methods were correlated to nutrient density of the diets (r = 0.474 and r = 0.472 respectively, p < 0.001) as well as to the dietary potential renal acid load and urinary pH (r ranging from 0.304–0.341, p ≤ 0.002). The Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants, but not the Healthy Eating Index, was significantly correlated to plasma vitamin C concentrations (r = 0.500, p < 0.001 and 0.192, p = 0.095 respectively). These results in combination with ease of use and low cost suggest that the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants measure is a useful tool for assessing diet quality.

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“…Dietary quality was quantified using the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants-Shortened Version (REAP-S) (57). The REAP-S is a self-report measure of dietary quality, which correlates well with the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010), another measure of dietary quality that captures key recommendations of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (58,59). A total score is calculated from the first 13 items, which are included in Table 2.…”

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“…Based on current guidelines for PA, participants were categorised as ‘sufficiently active’ if they met the guideline of ≥150 min of moderate/strenuous exercise, otherwise, they were considered ‘insufficiently active’ ; (iii) BMI was calculated using the questions, ‘How much do you currently weigh?’ and ‘What is your height?’, and applying the formula: . Each participant was subsequently categorised as: ‘underweight or normal weight’ if their BMI was <25.0 kg/m 2 , ‘overweight’ if their BMI was 25–29.9 kg/m 2 , and ‘obese’ if their BMI was ≥30 kg/m 2 ; (iv) Diet quality: was measured by a modified version of the Rapid Eating Assessment for Participants – Short (REAP‐S; 10 items) . The REAP‐S contains seven items scored from 1 to 3 that assess intake of fruits, whole grains, and vegetables (FWV), and dairy and meat in a typical week.…”

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“…However, a biomarker for diet quality, plasma folate, did correlate moderately with diet quality scores ( r = 0.47; p = 0.006) suggesting concurrent validity. Although the REAP-S questionnaire has been validated [15,16,17], it is not in widespread use, and scoring norms are unavailable. Herein, the average diet quality score overall, 37, fell at 73% in the range of scores (15–45).…”

“…In terms of administering and scoring, the Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Patients (REAP) [15] is a simpler measure than the HEI. Moreover, as indicated by several validation trials, both the HEI and REAP are comparable in terms of diet quality assessment [16,17]. Importantly, unlike the HEI-2010, REAP scores strongly correlate with other indicators of diet quality including the nutrient density of the diet, dietary potential renal acid load, urinary pH, and plasma vitamin C [17].…”