The Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) is a numerical score that assesses a diet for its effect on several biomarkers linked to inflammation. Its theoretical bounds are −8.87 to +7.98, and it is oriented such that negative scores are more anti-inflammatory and more positive scores are pro-inflammatory. The DII has been linked to many chronic diseases, including arthritis, many types of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory bowel diseases, and diabetes. Variants include an energy-adjusted E-DII and a children's C-DII.[1]