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We created the Recommended Finnish Diet Score (RFDS) that illustrates the Finnish nutrition recommendations and assessed whether this score is associated with BMI, waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage (BF%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012005356_abs2\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Cross-sectional study included two phases of the National FINRISK 2007 Study. Diet was assessed using a validated FFQ. Height, weight, WC and BF% were measured, and BMI values were calculated. The RFDS was developed based on the national nutrition recommendations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012005356_abs3\" sec-type=\"general\"><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>A large representative sample of the Finnish population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012005356_abs4\" sec-type=\"subjects\"><jats:title>Subjects<\/jats:title><jats:p>Men (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>2190) and women (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>2530) aged 25\u201374 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012005356_abs5\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The RFDS was inversely associated with WC in men (OR = 0\u00b748, 95 % CI 0\u00b728, 0\u00b781,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt; 0\u00b705) and BF% in both men (OR = 0\u00b744, 95 % CI 0\u00b724, 0\u00b782,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-trend &lt; 0\u00b705) and women (OR = 0\u00b763, 95 % CI 0\u00b737, 1\u00b708,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-trend &lt; 0\u00b705). The inverse association of RFDS and BF% appeared stronger among older age groups (men: OR = 0\u00b721 CI 0\u00b707, 0\u00b764,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-trend &lt; 0\u00b701; women: OR = 0\u00b756, 95 % CI 0\u00b725, 1\u00b727,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-trend &lt; 0\u00b705) and among women with normal BMI (OR = 0\u00b762, 95 % CI 0\u00b736, 1\u00b709,<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>-trend &lt; 0\u00b705). The RFDS was not associated with BMI.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980012005356_abs6\" sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>A diet following nutrition recommendations is likely to help to maintain normal WC and BF%. 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