USDA Healthy Eating Index

USDA Healthy Eating Index is a summary measure of overall diet quality. It provides a picture of the type and quantity of foods people eat and the degree to which diets comply with specific recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pyramid.

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Publications

• The Healthy Eating Index: 1999-2000 (PDF 1 MB)
• Healthy Eating Index 1994-96 (PDF 107 MB)
• Healthy Eating Index (1989-90)
• USDA's Healthy Eating Index and Nutrition Information

Downloadable Data Files

You can download the Healthy Eating Index data in compressed, self-extracting SAS 6.12 or SPSS Portable formats.

The data files include the HEI and component scores as well as the Household ID, Respondent Number and Day Code for merging or matching with the CSFII or NHANES data sets as applicable. The data are for each day that a respondent reported positive food intake for individuals 2 years of age and older. Please note that the USDA Reports on the HEI 1994-96 and 1999-2000 used day one intake data only.

These files are about 1.3 MB compressed. They uncompress to about 3.2 MB. The 1998 files are smaller.

You can also download the 1999-2000 Food Guide Pyramid Servings data base. These files are a bit over 2 MB.

Download HEI 1999-2000 Data (SPSS Portable) (Notes)

Download HEI 1999-2000 Data (SAS 6.12) (Notes)

Download HEI 1998 for Children 2-9 Data (SPSS Portable)

Download HEI 1998 for Children 2-9 Data (SAS 6.12)

Download HEI 1994-96 Data (SPSS Portable)

Download HEI 1994-96 Data (SAS 6.12)

Download HEI 1989-90 Data (SPSS Portable)

Download HEI 1989-90 Data (SAS 6.12)

Download 1999-2000 Pyramid Servings (SPSS Portable)

Download 1999-2000 Pyramid Servings (SAS)