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Calculate the American Cancer Society 2020 dietary index version 2 (using servings/d per 1000 kcal), using given the serving sizes of foods and nutrients consumed per 1 day.

Usage

ACS2020_V2(
  SERV_DATA,
  RESPONDENTID,
  GENDER,
  TOTALKCAL_ACS2020,
  VEG_SERV_ACS2020,
  VEG_ITEMS_SERV_ACS2020,
  FRT_SERV_ACS2020,
  FRT_ITEMS_SERV_ACS2020,
  WGRAIN_SERV_ACS2020,
  REDPROC_MEAT_SERV_ACS2020,
  HPFRG_SERV_ACS2020,
  SSB_FRTJ_SERV_ACS2020
)

Arguments

SERV_DATA

The raw data file that includes all the serving sizes of foods and nutrients

RESPONDENTID

The unique participant ID for each participant

GENDER

The gender for each participant, 1=male, and 2=female

TOTALKCAL_ACS2020

The total kcal

VEG_SERV_ACS2020

The serving size of All vegetable except potatoes and starchy vegetable, unit=servings/day (0.5 c of vege; 1 cup of green leafy (1 cup = 236.59 g)

VEG_ITEMS_SERV_ACS2020

The total number of unique vegetables (e.g., vegetable line items) reported by the participant. For example, a report of 3 servings of lettuce, 1 serving of kale, and 0.5 servings of broccoli would count as 3 vegetable line items.

FRT_SERV_ACS2020

The serving size of All whole fruits and no fruit juice, unit=servings/day (0.5 c of berries; 1 cup=236.59 g; 1 med fruit; 0.5 medium avocado)

FRT_ITEMS_SERV_ACS2020

The number of unique fruits (e.g., fruit line items) asked about on that survey/app (measuring the variety of fruits). For example, 3 serving of apple, 3 servings of banana, and 3 servings of blueberry are just 3 total number line items

WGRAIN_SERV_ACS2020

The serving size of whole grains, unit=grams/day

REDPROC_MEAT_SERV_ACS2020

The serving size of red and processed meats, including Beef, pork, lamb, goat, veal, sausages, bacon, salami, ham, hot dog, deli meat, unit=servings/day; 1 srv= 4 oz. unprocessed meat; 1.5 oz. processed meat (1 oz. = 28.35 g)

HPFRG_SERV_ACS2020

The daily servings of highly processed foods and refined grains per 1000 kcal, note: the ultra-processed variable for the score should not double count foods included in other parts of the score, for example, sugar-sweetened beverages or processed meats

SSB_FRTJ_SERV_ACS2020

The serving size of sugar-sweetened beverages and non-100% fruit juice, unit=servings/day = 1 ser= 8oz (1 oz. = 28.35 g)

Value

The ACS2020_V2 index/score and its component scores