A Global Nutritional Tool for Monitoring Westernized Dietary Transition: Validation of the Westernized Diet Index Using a Large Population Sample and Biomarkers of Metabolic Health
The WDI shows promise as a nutritional tool for assessing adherence to WDPs and exploring associations with metabolic health outcomes, including MetS. These findings suggest that the WDI may be useful in future dietary, public health, and clinical research, although further validation in diverse populations is warranted.
Authors
- Farhad Vahid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7380-3790)
- Mojtaba Farjam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9705-2143)
- Reza Homayounfar
- Torsten Bohn
Institutions
- Luxembourg Institute of Health (LU)
- National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute (IR)
- Fasa University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18020349
- Primary Topic
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00