United States. Department of Agriculture. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.Guenther, Patricia M.Reedy, JillKrebs-Smith, Susan M.Reeve, Bryce B.Basiotis, P. Peter2012-05-082012-05-082007-11http://hdl.handle.net/10919/1868241 pages, bibliographical references.The Healthy Eating Index (HEI) was developed to measure compliance with dietary guidelines, and is used by the USDA to monitor change in the Nation's diet. The HEI-2005 was specifically developed to measure compliance with the key diet-related recommendations of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The original HEI was developed in 1995; the HEI-2005 discusses the main differences between its content and that of the original HEI.en-USCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0Nutrition policyNutrition surveysUnited StatesTechnical reporthttp://www.cnpp.usda.gov/publications/hei/hei-2005/hei-2005technicalreport.pdf