Validation of the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire in the Representative Sample of Polish Internet Users

Zwierczyk, Urszula; Kobryn, Mateusz; Duplaga, Mariusz

doi:10.3390/ijerph19159710

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“…Zwierczyk et al [ 55 ] conducted a validation of the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire based on a sample of 1286 Polish internet users. The authors used exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA, respectively), and applied the techniques by randomly dividing the data into two independent sets.…”

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“…The authors used exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA, respectively), and applied the techniques by randomly dividing the data into two independent sets. Based on the values of internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha over 0.8), the scale was validated with a three-factor structure as follows: (1) assessing information, (2) knowledge, and (3) information appraisal [ 55 ].…”

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Food Literacy Scale: Validation through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Portuguese University Students

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Eating behaviors and healthy food choices are associated with food literacy, and they have a huge impact on one’s health status. For that reason, to increase food literacy is a way to effectively help individuals make appropriate choices that help maintain health and diminish the incidence of non-communicable diseases. The objective of this work was to test and validate a scale to assess food literacy. The validation was conducted on a sample of 924 Portuguese university students. The scale was composed of 50 items, which were submitted to exploratory and confirmatory factors analysis. The final validated scale corresponded to a second-order model with a global factor called “Food literacy”, which retained 26 items distributed by three factors: F1—literacy about the nutritional composition of foods (10 items), F2—literacy about labelling and food choices (7 items), and F3—literacy about healthy eating practices (9 items). The internal consistency of the scale is very high, with an alpha higher than 0.9, and the Pierson correlations between the three factors and the global are also higher than 0.9. In conclusion, the present scale has been validated and can therefore be utilized to measure food literacy.

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Food Literacy Scale: Validation through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Portuguese University Students

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“…The SFLQ, initially developed by Krause et al, consists of 12 items. In the version adapted to Polish, after exploratory factor analysis, 11 items were retained [ 63 ]. The responses to individual items are selected from scales encompassing 4–6 options.…”

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Eating Choices—The Roles of Motivation and Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study

2022

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Food choices are determined by intrinsic and extrinsic product characteristics, biological and physiological features, psychological factors, and situational and socio-cultural factors. Self-determination theory offers the explanation of health behavior change identifying motivations located along a continuum of autonomy. Another approach to the motivations guiding health behaviors, including food choices, relies on distinguishing thematic categories. Health motivations seem to be an obvious determinant of health behaviors, but final decisions regarding health are also the effect of other types of motivations such as economic, cultural, or emotional. The role of marketing pressure in modern society is perceived to be an important source of motivation for purchasing food and other products. The Motivation–Opportunity–Ability (MOA) framework was initially proposed in order to explain the processing of brand information from advertisements and was later expanded to other areas, including health and nutritional behaviors. The aim of this study was the analysis of determinants of food choices. We have developed a common regression model including six categories of motivations addressed by the Eating Motivations Scale and three health literacy types corresponding with element of ability from the MOA framework, adjusted for socio-demographic factors, health status, and the use of the Internet and TV. The analysis was performed on data from a computer-assisted web-based interviewing (CAWI) survey among 2008 adult Internet users completed in May 2022. The uni- and multivariate linear regression models were developed with the Index of Unhealthy Food Choices (IUFC), calculated based on the responses to items asking about the frequency of the consumption of twelve food categories. Univariate modeling revealed that IUFC is significantly associated with health, food, and e-health literacies and with five out of six eating motivations. However, the multivariate regression model yielded significant associations only for eating motivations but not for the three literacy scores. Health motivation was negatively associated with IUFC (B, standard error (SE): 0.83, 0.07; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 0.98–0.69), but positively with emotional (B, SE: 0.22, 0.04; 95% CI: 0.14–0.3), economic (B, SE: 0.41, 0.08; 95% CI: 0.25–0.56), and marketing (B, SE: 0.62, 0.08; 95% CI: 0.47–0.78) motivations. Our findings suggest that motivations guiding food choices may prevail over the element of ‘ability’ distinguished in the frameworks and models that explain people’s behaviors, including behaviors relating to health. Thus, it is essential to emphasize development of appropriate motivations and not only to provide knowledge and skills. Furthermore, one should also remember motivations other than health motivations when searching for the determinants of health behaviors.

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“…The assessment of the awareness of CDoH and the acceptance of restrictions on their advertising was based on six items established based on the relevant literature [31][32][33]. The questionnaire comprised several validated tools, including the 10-item e-Health Literacy Scale (eHEALS) [34,35], the 6-item European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q6) [36,37], the 11-item Short Food Literacy Questionnaire (SFLQ) [38,39], and the 23-item Eating Motivation Scale (EATMOT) [40]. Furthermore, items asking about the consumption of selected foods, health behaviors, the use of the Internet, and sociodemographic and economic characteristics were included in the questionnaire.…”

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“…The Polish version of the SFLQ consists of 11 items [38]. Respondents can select 4-6 options when answering.…”

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The Awareness of the Role of Commercial Determinants of Health and the Readiness to Accept Restrictions on Unhealthy Food Advertising in Polish Society

Zwierczyk,

Kobryn,

Duplaga

2023

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The negative consequences of commercial determinants of health (CDoH) have become a major challenge for public health systems, especially in terms of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). CDoH are defined as profit-driven factors that influence health. In this study, we assessed the awareness of CDoH and the attitudes toward potential restrictions on advertising, as well as fiscal interventions targeting food products with harmful effects on health in Polish society. Our analysis is based on data from a computer-based web interviewing (CAWI) survey performed in May 2022 among 2008 adult internet users from Poland. Multivariable logistic regression models were developed for variables derived from three items exploring the respondents’ understanding of the relationship between CDoH and NCDs, as well as three items asking about their acceptance of a prohibition of advertising unhealthy products during sports events, a general ban on unhealthy food advertising, and their attitudes toward sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Food (FL) and e-health literacy (eHL) levels were consistently positive predictors of both awareness of CDoH and acceptance of the proposed actions. Both higher FL and eHL were significantly associated with the opinion that advertising unhealthy food is associated with the prevalence of NCDs (OR, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.02–1.05, and 1.04, 1.02–1.06, respectively). Health literacy was less frequently a significant predictor of the dependent variables. Among sociodemographic factors, a respondent’s level of education and age showed a significant relationship with their awareness and acceptance of countermeasures against CDoH. Respondents with a university master’s level of education were more likely to agree with the statement on the relationship between big industry profits and harm to society’s health (OR, 95% CI: 1.96, 1.42–2.69) and to support a ban on advertising unhealthy food similar to that for tobacco products (OR, 95% CI: 1.66, 1.21–2.27). Respondents suffering from chronic diseases were also consistently more likely to show a greater understanding of the harmful impact of CDoH and support proposed restrictions. For example, they were more likely to agree with restrictions on advertising harmful products during sports events (OR, 95% CI: 1.23, 1.02–1.50) and the introduction of a sugar tax (OR, 95% CI: 1.26, 1.03–1.54). Our study revealed that more than 50% of the Polish population is conscious of the problem of the harmful effects of big industries producing and selling processed food, sugar-sweetened beverages, and alcoholic beverages. Interestingly, slightly more than half of the respondents supported the introduction of restrictions on advertising such products. Still, only approximately 30% of them accepted a sugar tax to counter the obesity epidemic. The results of our study indicate that Polish society is open to the introduction of regulations aimed at limiting the impact of commercial determinants of health. To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies to assess the awareness of CDoH and the acceptance of restrictions to limit their impact.

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Validation of the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire in the Representative Sample of Polish Internet Users

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Food Literacy Scale: Validation through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Portuguese University Students

Food Literacy Scale: Validation through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Portuguese University Students

Eating Choices—The Roles of Motivation and Health Literacy: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Awareness of the Role of Commercial Determinants of Health and the Readiness to Accept Restrictions on Unhealthy Food Advertising in Polish Society

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