Development of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices.
Published in Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 2022
Recommended citation: Brassard D, Elvidge Munene LA, St-Pierre S, et al. Development of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada's Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2022. doi:10.1139/apnm-2021-0415 http://didierbrassard.github.io/files/Brassard_et_al_APNM2022a.pdf
This study describes the development and scoring standards of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI-2019)
The HEFI-2019 scoring algorithm is available on my GitHub page. The “official” version is a SAS macro, but I also provide an adaptation coded in R. Feel free to suggest improvements to the R version!