Nutrition literacy is associated with healthy-eating behaviour among college students in Taiwan

Liao, Li-Ling; Lai, I-Ju; Chang, Li‐Chun

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“…Meeting the results obtained in the present analysis, another Portuguese study found that approximately half of its sample demonstrated a good and higher degree of NL [16]. This can be explained by the fact that, nowadays, people, especially those of younger ages, find it easier to access the internet and, consequently, find it easier to seek information about nutrition and healthy habits [17]. Furthermore, a study in Iran found that nutrition knowledge was lower in participants from areas other than health sciences, such as, for example, participants in the area of business administration [18].…”

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“…Drichoutis and colleagues also corroborate this information, reporting that individuals who do not obtain nutritional formation through specialties, such as nutritionists and dietitians, have less nutritional knowledge [ 20 ]. This is because, in courses and jobs related to health sciences, mainly nutrition and dietetics, topics like nutrition, healthy eating, and correct eating habits are regularly addressed, as well as the people who are accompanied by these professionals [ 17 ]. Contrary to what was obtained in the present analysis, several studies did not observe statistically significant differences between the level of NL and BMI, suggesting that there may exist other factors than nutrition knowledge influencing BMI [ 21 , 22 ].…”

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Nutrition Literacy of Portuguese Adults—A Pilot Study

Monteiro

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Ferreira-Pêgo

2021

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Nutrition is an essential factor in the prevention and treatment of some chronic diseases. For this reason, the population must know about nutrition, healthy food, and dietetics so that the promotion of healthier eating habits can lead to a consequent decrease in chronic disease incidence. That said, the present study aimed to assess nutrition literacy in the Portuguese population. Three hundred thirty participants aged between 18 and 65 years old were included in an observational, quantitative, and cross-sectional research. After the analysis, it was found that the vast majority of the study population (65.2%) had a good level of nutrition literacy. The participants having upper educational qualifications, following a specific diet, presenting an adequate BMI, having family members trained in the field of nutrition, and those who studied or worked in the field of health sciences reported a higher level of nutrition literacy. In conclusion, it seems to be essential to identify the population groups with the lowest nutrition knowledge so that it would be possible to apply personalized measures and to promote better literacy, reducing the prevalence and incidence of diseases and improving quality of life.

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Nutrition Literacy of Portuguese Adults—A Pilot Study

Monteiro

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2021

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“…Existing literature indicates that NL is significantly related to sociodemographic variables and healthy eating behavior [28,[36][37][38][39]. Many scholars have used the social-ecological model to identify multi-level factors that affect healthy eating behavior [14][15][16][17][18][19].…”

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“…Several studies have indicated that health literacy mediated the relationship between sociodemographic variables and health-promoting behaviors/health outcomes [33][34][35]. Since NL is associated with healthy eating behavior and derived from health literacy [28,[36][37][38], and sociodemographic variables are also predictors of NL [38,39], we assume that NL may play a similar role to health literacy in mediating the effect of factors influencing healthy eating on healthy eating behavior.…”

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate students' ability to adapt to the daily dilemma of dietary choices. In addition, the enhancement of nutrition literacy (NL) in undergraduates is a promising solution to the problem at hand [25][26][27][28]. NL, a type of health literacy [29], refers to the ability to obtain, process, and understand the nutritional information and skills required to make appropriate nutritionrelated decisions [30][31][32].…”

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Nutrition Literacy Mediates the Relationships between Multi-Level Factors and College Students’ Healthy Eating Behavior: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

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College students experience new pressures and choices as they transition to independent living and can easily develop unhealthy eating habits, resulting in obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in later life. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that nutrition literacy (NL) mediated the relationship between multi-level factors influencing healthy eating behavior identified from the social-ecological model and healthy eating behavior of college students. A four-part questionnaire was completed by 412 participants recruited from six different four-year universities in Taiwan (effective response rate = 85.8%). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, an independent samples t-test, hierarchical multiple regression, and mediation analysis. The results indicated that the students’ mean nutrition literacy score was 4.32 (SD = 0.78, range = 1–6). In the social-ecological framework, nutrition literacy significantly predicted healthy eating behavior (β = 0.28, p < 0.001; ΔF = 32.54, p < 0.001; ΔR2 = 0.05) with control variables of background, intrapersonal, interpersonal, environmental, and macrosystem factors. Nutrition literacy mediated the effects of seven factors on healthy eating behavior across four levels. These findings suggested that strengthening influential multi-level factors associated with healthy eating behavior not only enhanced NL, but also improved individuals’ healthy eating behavior.

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Perception and attitudes of street food vendors toward the healthiness of meals prepared and sold in Dodoma

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Jumbe

Kulwa

2023

Food Science & Nutrition

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Consumption of street meals among urban dwellers has become inevitable, especially in low‐ and middle‐income countries. It has been linked to higher incidence of dietary‐related diseases. Vendors' perceptions and attitudes toward the healthiness of meals can influence nutritional quality of the offered meals. Therefore, the study aimed to assess perceptions and attitudes of vendors toward healthy and unhealthy meals as well as the healthiness of meals they prepare and sell. A cross‐sectional study was carried out among 384 street food vendors. Face‐to‐face interviews were conducted using semistructured questionnaire. Pearson Chi‐square test and logistic regression analysis were used in comparing and testing for the association of perceptions and attitudes to vendors' characteristics. Street food vendors that took part in this study demonstrated good perceptions based on what they perceived to be healthy meals (58.33%) and positive attitudes (95.57%) toward preparation and provision of healthy meals. Perceptions were associated with sex (p = .007), education level (p = .002), and investment cost (p = .000). Results from logistic regression showed that better perceptions of healthy meals were associated with being female (OR = 2.46, p‐value < .031), having higher education (OR = 11.88, p‐value < .042), and vending experience of 1–5 years and more than 5 years (OR = 3.17, 2.95, p‐value < .019, .039, respectively) while having moderate investment cost showed significant lower chances of having better perceptions (OR = 0.33, p‐value < .001). Attitudes were associated with sex (p = .002), age (p = .002), marital status (p = .013), education (p = .009), and vending experience (p = .008). Female vendors, having 25 years of age and above, living with partners, with tertiary education, and having vending experience of more than 1 year had shown to have more positive attitudes toward healthy meals. Generally, street food vendors had good perceptions and attitudes toward healthy meals. This implies possible room for change and adoption of better ways of preparing meals. These findings could be used as a stepping stone in improving nutritional and healthy quality of street meals. Increased efforts are needed on the inclusion of nutritional aspects of healthy meals as they were merely considered by vendors. Future interventions on these vendors should focus more on male vendors, vendors with little vending experience, and little education as they had shown to have relatively poorer attitudes and perceptions compared to other groups.

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Nutrition literacy is associated with healthy-eating behaviour among college students in Taiwan

Cited by 35 publications

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Nutrition Literacy of Portuguese Adults—A Pilot Study

Nutrition Literacy of Portuguese Adults—A Pilot Study

Nutrition Literacy Mediates the Relationships between Multi-Level Factors and College Students’ Healthy Eating Behavior: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study

Perception and attitudes of street food vendors toward the healthiness of meals prepared and sold in Dodoma

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