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Table 1 Description of key concepts

From: Establishing content validity for a conceptualized instrument to measure barriers to eating a healthful diet in adults: a consensus approach

Key concept

Description

Dietary Practice

An individual’s choices in food consumption

Diet

The types of food one eats

Dietary Health Status (DHS)

The concept of an instrument to measure the multidimensional nature of individual dietary practices

Multidimensional

Multiple, but separate, behavioral dimensions comprising multiple factors that may influence a behavioral concept (dietary practice)