Diet Quality (how your diet affects your health) is the most critical upstream risk factor — it is the # 1 predictor of premature death and disability. Poor diet quality is also responsible for $6.1 trillion in excess cost to the economy over the next 2 years. However, most Health Risk Assessments (HRAs) measure downstream risks, typically relying on indicators that identify people who have already developed a chronic condition, which ultimately drives up healthcare costs for an organization and individuals.

For organizations wishing to support individuals’ health while reducing chronic disease risk across the population, it is important to measure those risk factors that are PREDICTORS of poor outcomes, and not just INDICATORS of disease. Diet Quality is the most upstream, meaningful metric to track.

Historically, Diet Quality has been largely ignored in HRAs because it has been impossible to measure diet quality. Usually the process required long-form surveys that would reduce completion rates, leaving population managers without critical information. Usability was a major challenge.

Now you can add Diet ID to an HRA through one of our many integration solutions to capture diet quality information in as little as 1-minute. Using a simple, digital interaction with our platform, participants choose images that look like how they eat. Based on that, the tool instantly reports back a diet quality score using the validated HEI index, which predicts risk for chronic disease. We also generate nutritional analysis and estimate food group intake. If your organization uses a larger scoring system that relies on things like servings of fruits and vegetables consumed, or how much added sugar someone consumes, you can derive those data points from our system without subjecting participants to a long-form burdensome survey.

To learn more about how to add Diet ID to your HRA, contact us!