Mourad Moursi POLICY SEMINAR Nudging for Good: AI driven diagnostics and behavior change to improve diets and nutrition JUL 28, 2022 - 12:00 TO 2:00PM EDT

1. The Global Diet Quality
Score (GDQS)
application
Mourad Moursi
Senior Technical Advisor, Intake Center for Dietary Assessment
FHI Solutions
28 July 2022

2. The case for an improved diet quality metric
• Lack of routinely collected dietary data at national scale
• Lack of globally appropriate metrics to measure diet quality
• Need for a robust and universally applicable tool for
measuring diet quality

3. What is Special About the Global
Diet Quality Score (GDQS)?
• The GDQS is a simple diet quality metric
• Entirely food-based (avoids use of food
composition data)
• Can be used globally
• GDQS is validated for women 15-49 years
against health outcomes
• Predict dimensions of both nutrient
adequacy and NCD risk
• Accounts for quantity of consumption at
the food group level

4. The GDQS 25 food groups
16 healthy scoring food
groups
Legumes
Nuts and seeds
Dark green leafy vegetables
Deep orange fruits
Citrus fruits
Other fruits
Whole grains
Liquid oils
Fish and shellfish
Poultry and game meat
Low fat dairy
Eggs
Cruciferous vegetables
Deep orange vegetables
Other vegetables
Deep orange tubers
2 food groups scored
healthy when consumed in
moderate amounts and
unhealthy when consumed
in excessive amounts
High fat dairy
Red meat
7 unhealthy scoring food
groups
Processed meat
Refined grains and baked
goods
Sweets and ice cream
Sugar-sweetened
beverages
Juice
White roots and tubers
Purchased deep fried foods

5. The GDQS mobile application
• GDQS app designed for global use
• Simple and easy to implement
• Data collection 10-20 minutes
• Does not require intensive training
or nutrition knowledge
• Can be integrated or added to
existing larger surveys
• Free use & technical support

8. Thank you