Crafting and applying a tool to assess food literacy: Findings from a pilot study

Palumbo, Rocco; Annarumma, Carmela; Adinolfi, Paola; Vezzosi, Stefania; Troiano, Ersilia; Catinello, Giuseppina; Manna, Rosalba

doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2017.07.002

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“…Specifically, the results suggest that that higher levels of education result in higher FL scores. These findings are consistent with the FL research conducted by Palumbo et al [31], which found education was the most relevant and consistent correlate of the food literacy measures used in their research. These findings are also consistent with academic literature, which emphasize the important role of education in managing healthy food behaviours [33].…”

Section: Demographic Differences and Food Literacy Variabilitysupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The present food literacy tool utilized for the research was special because unlike other food literacy tools developed and validated in the past, the tool used in the present research examined hard knowledge of food and nutrition via test questions rather than solely relying on participant's perceptions [10,13,31]. Nevertheless, although the survey was developed based on previously validated questions and current theory, some questions within this FL tool were not validated and thus it is uncertain if they accurately measure what was intended.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Understanding Food Literacy in Urban Gardeners: A Case Study of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

Grubb

Vogl

2019

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Substantial urbanization has allowed individuals to become increasingly spatially and psychologically distanced from the food system and agricultural practices. Food literacy (FL) has been described as a promising approach to reconnect the city with the country and furthermore address public health issues such as obesity and diet-related disease. The present study examined urban gardening through the lens of the FL approach to determine whether a relationship exists between gardening and FL. The research further investigated the relationship between FL and gardener demographics, participation in educational garden events and socialization among gardeners. Data was collected using an online questionnaire targeted to reach community gardeners (n = 181) in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The research utilized a novel exam and self-perception based measurement tool to assess gardeners’ level of FL. Results indicated a moderately positive relationship between the years of gardening experience and higher individual FL scores. Participants with higher levels of FL were older individuals and more highly educated. There was no significant difference in FL between gardeners who attended educational events and those that had not. The present research presents an initial investigation into the relationship between food literacy and gardening. This research indicates gardening may warrant consideration in holistic approaches to food literacy but further investigation would be valuable.

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Section: Demographic Differences and Food Literacy Variabilitysupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Limitations Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Food Literacy in Urban Gardeners: A Case Study of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

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Vogl

2019

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“…Nevertheless, the FL dimension does not incorporate NL, which could be considered as an independent concept as well. In fact, only the authors of five papers discussed both NL and FL in their papers [3,40,53,80,81]. On the contrary, several authors exclusively referred to NL and described the meaning of the concept in detail [5,13,14,16,22,[27][28][29][30][31][32]35].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some other three studies [30,34,45] adopted an individual point of view and referred to individual's level of nutrition knowledge as a determinant factor of NL. The literature showed an association between poor NL and lower education and socio-economic level [5,22,29,45,[52][53][54] according to different forms of literacy (i.e., health literacy) [55]. Finally, the authors of five papers discussed the role of age, gender, and health status as NL antecedents [5,14,22,42,54].…”

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Towards the Implementation of a Conceptual Framework of Food and Nutrition Literacy: Providing Healthy Eating for the Population

Vettori

Lorini

Milani

et al. 2019

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Existing definitions of food literacy (FL) and nutrition literacy (NL) in particular refer to individual knowledge, motivation, competences, and awareness, which determine the relationship between individuals and food, the food system, and nutrition information. Several authors proposed specific conceptualization of the terms. Nevertheless, the description of analogies and differences between FL and NL is still lacking, as is an integrated framework which highlights the meaning of the concepts. This work aims to describe and discuss evidence provided by the literature in order to develop and propose a comprehensive conceptualization of FL and NL to the scientific community. We systematically reviewed six databases, considering the search terms of FL and NL. We collected the antecedents, components, and consequences of both FL and NL. We underlined and traced similarities of the concepts as well as prerogative features through the content analysis of definitions. We obtained 14 definitions of NL and 12 definitions of FL; 42 papers presented antecedents and 53 papers contained consequences. We observed that NL could be considered a specific form of FL. In addition, we noted that the consequences of NL are included in the subset of the consequences of FL and the conceptual limits of FL correspond to the outcome of healthful diet. We conclude that FL and NL build a multifaceted concept which implies both individual and public perspectives. We propose a conceptualization which could be useful to develop an executive framework aimed at providing healthy eating for the population.

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Crafting and applying a tool to assess food literacy: Findings from a pilot study

Cited by 37 publications

References 44 publications

Understanding Food Literacy in Urban Gardeners: A Case Study of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

Understanding Food Literacy in Urban Gardeners: A Case Study of the Twin Cities, Minnesota

Towards the Implementation of a Conceptual Framework of Food and Nutrition Literacy: Providing Healthy Eating for the Population

Fostering organizational change through co-production. Insights from an Italian experience

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