DINE Healthy 6 - The DINE Score: A Patented Index of Healthy Eating

You have entered the foods and beverages you have eaten for a day into DINE Healthy software. The analysis will yield the patented DINE Score which quickly evaluates "how well" or "how poorly" you are eating. Based on over 20 years of research, this is an exclusive index of healthy eating based upon national dietary guidelines.

The 0 to 100 score quantifies your food choices and energy balance from very poor to perfect. This composite scoring system was patented in May 1995 (U.S. Patent #5412560) and has been used as a standard for the evaluation of programs related to the impact of nutrition education.

If you are given a 'diet' you may lose some weight, short term. But if you use your own food choices as a basis to learn to manage appetite, control hunger, and achieve energy balance, you will lose weight and enhance your health long term... for life.

After a few uses of DINE Healthy, you will start to develop a better understanding of what you need to do to improve your food choices, increase your physical activities and have first-hand knowledge of these behaviors. Every score has a descriptor, and a DINE Score of 80+ is Excellent!

You can use the DINE Score to compete against yourself in a game-like and fun fashion. You can try to increase your score with each analysis and eventually plan excellent diets to avoid the pitfalls of poor nutrition.