Nutrition knowledge and food intake

Wardle, Jane; Parmenter, Kate; Waller, Jo

doi:10.1006/appe.1999.0311

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“…They are encouraging because the findings are consistent with previous research and theory and thus illustrate a mechanism through which nutrition knowledge might influence food attitudes and subsequent consumption. Previous research, for instance, suggests (1) that people with more nutrition knowledge tend to eat healthier diets but that the effects of nutrition knowledge are relatively modest (Axelson et al, 1985;Shepherd, 1992;Wardle et al, 2000;Räsänen et al, 2003) and (2) that attitudes summarize disparate types of evaluative information (eg, flavor, health, etc.) into a single evaluative judgment that then helps guide behavior (eg, Fazio, 1990).…”

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“…These attempts range from large governmental approaches whose objectives are to provide basic information to a significant portion of their populations (eg, food pyramid, labeling requirements) to focused and intensive nutritional counseling (eg, Rask-Nissilä et al, 2000;Räsänen et al, 2003). Research examining the effects of general nutrition knowledge and programs designed to increase nutrition knowledge have found that nutrition knowledge influences food preferences and selection but that its effects are relatively modest (Axelson et al, 1985;Shepherd, 1992;Wardle et al, 2000;Räsänen et al, 2003). For instance, Räsänen et al (2003), reporting results from a longitudinal study of control and nutrition-counseled groups, found at the 7 y visit that people in the counseled group ate less saturated fat and salt than people in the control group; however, the total fat intake of the two groups did not differ significantly and was greater than the recommend fat intake.…”

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Impact of nutrition knowledge on food evaluations

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Aikman

2005

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: This study explored whether nutrition knowledge interacted with evaluations of a food's healthiness to influence food attitudes (ie, global evaluations). Since attitudes guide behavior, understanding factors that impact food attitudes is one way to understand food selection and why factors such as nutrition knowledge have only a modest impact on food selection. We hypothesized that the relation between health evaluations and food attitudes would be stronger for people high in nutrition knowledge. We also explored the macronutrient composition of foods, and how it related to attitudes and health evaluations. Design: Survey employing multilevel analyses to examine within-and between-subject influences on food attitudes. Setting: Student unions at two universities in the Southwestern US. Subjects: A total of 138 participants (mean age ¼ 19.8; 69 males, 67 females, two unreported). Interventions: Participants indicated their attitudes toward; experience with; and health, flavor, and affective evaluations of 24 foods before and after lunch and completed questionnaires assessing individual difference variables. Results: Experience and evaluations of healthiness, flavor, positive affect, and negative affect all predicted food attitudes. Health evaluations were more strongly associated with attitudes for people high in nutrition knowledge. Conclusions: These findings suggest a mechanism through which individual differences impact food attitudes and thus likely influence food selection.

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Impact of nutrition knowledge on food evaluations

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Aikman

2005

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…Despite the intuitive appeal of education as a means of improving diet, some studies in adults gave conflicting results regarding associations between nutritional knowledge and dietary behaviour. 36,37 Studies in children and adolescents are scarce. In an Austrian study (13-18 years), nutrient intake showed close coherence to the degree of nutritional knowledge.…”

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Food and nutrient intake, nutritional knowledge and diet-related attitudes in European adolescents

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Background and objective:To provide an overview of methods used to assess food and nutrient intake, nutritional knowledge and diet-related attitudes in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Cross-Sectional Study (HELENA-CSS), with selected results from the feasibility study. Material and Methods: To assess food intake in 13-to 16-year-old adolescents, a previously developed computer-assisted and self-administered 24-h recall was adapted for international use. Food consumption data were linked to national food composition databases to calculate energy and nutrient intakes. To assess nutritional knowledge in pupils not having any special (trained) education concerning 'nutrition', a 23-item validated multiple choice questionnaire was adapted. To assess eating attitudes, behaviour and/or putative problems with body weight in adolescents, a validated inventory covering 60 questions or statements was adapted for the study. In a feasibility study, instruments, data collection and processing were tested in one school class in each of the 10 participating European cities. Results and Conclusions: The feasibility study provided plausible results, quite consistent between countries. Against this background and for the first time, standardized and uniform methodology was made available for the main study to assess and characterize dietary intake, nutritional knowledge and eating attitudes.

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“…Studies in children and adults have shown positive associations between nutrition knowledge and likelihood of healthy food consumption, indicating that nutrition knowledge is necessary for making healthier food choices (4,5,9) . Despite this, there has been little investigation of factors that can shape young children's nutrition knowledge (5) .…”

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Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

Zarnowiecki

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Petkov

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Young children's knowledge about healthy food may influence the formation of their eating behaviours, and parents have a major influence on the development of children's knowledge in the early years. Design: We investigated the extent to which parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes around food predicted young children's knowledge of healthy foods, controlling for other influences such as socio-economic status (SES) and parent education levels in a cross-sectional research design. Children were given a healthy food knowledge activity and parents completed questionnaires. Setting: Twenty primary schools in Adelaide, Australia, stratified by SES. Subjects: We recruited 192 children aged 5-6 years and their parents. Results: Structural equation modelling showed that parent nutrition knowledge predicted children's nutrition knowledge (r 5 0?30, P , 0?001) independently of attitudes, SES and education level. Conclusions: Nutrition education for parents, targeted at low-SES areas at higher risk for obesity, may contribute to the development of healthy food knowledge in young children.

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Nutrition knowledge and food intake

Cited by 706 publications

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Impact of nutrition knowledge on food evaluations

Impact of nutrition knowledge on food evaluations

Food and nutrient intake, nutritional knowledge and diet-related attitudes in European adolescents

Parental nutrition knowledge and attitudes as predictors of 5–6-year-old children's healthy food knowledge

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