Why is my diet score different to my day scores?
It's understandable to feel confused when you see a difference between your Diet Score and your meal or day scores.
Your ZOE diet score looks at your overall eating pattern over time, while meal and day scores focus on shorter-term nutritional quality. The diet score takes into account additional factors that aren't captured in individual food or meal scores, such as your plant diversity and the balance of nutrients in your diet over a longer period.
For example, you might have high-scoring meals made up of nutritious foods, but if your diet lacks variety or balance over time, this could result in a lower diet score. Think of it like this: eating an avocado is great (and would score highly), but a diet of only avocados wouldn't be balanced or diverse enough for optimal health.
Both your meal scores and your Diet Score provide valuable insights. Day and meal scores help guide your day-to-day choices, whereas the diet score is designed to give you a broader view of your eating habits and help guide you towards a more balanced, diverse, and nutritious overall diet. It's another tool to support you on your health journey, complementing the insights you get from your meal and day scores.
How is my Diet Score calculated?
Your ZOE Diet Score is a comprehensive measure of your overall diet quality, calculated on a scale from 1 to 100. It's designed to give you a broader view of your eating habits beyond individual food scores.
Your Diet Score takes into account several key factors:
Your personalized food scores
Plant diversity in your diet
Fiber intake
Ultra-processed food consumption
Quality of fats in your diet
Each of these factors contributes to your overall score, reflecting different aspects of a healthy, balanced diet. The score is tailored to your health profile, similar to how your food scores are personalized.
What the Diet Score offers
The Diet Score is an exciting new feature that offers a more comprehensive view of your overall diet quality compared to providing an weekly average of your day scores. The diet score offers:
Focus on long-term patterns: Rather than just averaging your recent meals, the Diet Score aims to reflect your overall dietary habits, encouraging sustainable, long-term improvements.
Personalized insights: Like your food scores, the Diet Score is tuned to your unique health profile, offering more personalized guidance.
Comprehensive health view: The Diet Score helps you understand how different aspects of your diet work together, and includes elements such as plant diversity, fiber intake, and the balance of nutrients in your diet over time, rather than just focusing on individual meals or days.
Your Diet Score is designed to guide you more effectively on your health journey, helping you build and maintain a balanced, nutritious diet that's right for you.