Background & Objective: One of the criteria for determining health is health-promoting behaviors. A high level of nutrition literacy is an important factor for differences in diet and nutritional ...behaviors which promotes health. Therefore, the present study investigates nutrition literacy status and its related factors in the older adults in Tehran. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic (correlational) study. The study population included 270 older adults of Tehran city selected using random cluster sampling in Tehran in 2018. Data collection was carried out using a 28-item nutrition literacy scale (NLS) and demographic characteristics questionnaire. Then, data analysis was conducted using SPSS ver. 16 and descriptive statistics and Chi-square, Kruskal–Wallis, Spearman correlation coefficient and multiple regression tests. Results: In this study, the majority of the older adults were in the group aged 60–64 years (41.9%). According to NLS, 52.2% of the older adults had inadequate nutritional literacy, 37% had borderline nutritional literacy, and only 10.7% of them had adequate nutrition literacy (p<0.001). Also, there was a significant relationship between nutrition literacy and age, sex, level of education, and occupation. Conclusion: The majority of Iranian elderly had inadequate and borderline nutritional literacy, and only one-tenth of them had adequate nutrition literacy. Therefore, due to low nutritional literacy and its relationship with age, the elderly need to receive simple and understandable information to communicate and understand health information to make appropriate decisions, and it needs more attention from health workers, health workers and physicians.
Nutritional problems in adolescents are increasingly complex, one of which is nutritional anemia and skipping breakfast. It happens because of limited knowledge about balanced nutrition in ...adolescents. With the increasing nutritional problems of adolescents, the Community Service (PKM) team collaborates with partners, namely students of SMAN 1 Perhentian Raja, Kampar to carry out adolescents' nutrition literacy through the educational game GOAKSI (Go Aksi Bergizi). This activity effort to convey adolescent nutritional literacy through counseling the contents of my plate in meeting nutrition needs. The PKM was attended by 28 student 11th graders. All students were able to understand well the concept of balanced nutrition through the contents of my plate by an increase in the average value of knowledge from 5.4 to 8.0 (pre-test and post-test results) of 2.6 points. It is hoped that PKM activities can be carried out continuously with different topics, so that the formation of knowledge and positive attitudes of adolescents in fulfilling balanced nutrition and good food habits in overcoming adolescent nutritional problems.
•Existing literature underscores the significance of nutrition literacy as a crucial component of health literacy.•Few studies have comprehensively investigated the pathways and effects of various ...factors on nutritional literacy among older adults living in the community, specifically focusing on the perspective of health ecology.•Elderly individuals' nutritional literacy is influenced by various factors, including gender, education level, self-efficacy, healthy lifestyles, family and social networks, living environment, and policies.•It is imperative to enhance the nutritional literacy level among elderly individuals in the Hangzhou community, placing special emphasis on critical nutrition literacy and interactive nutrition literacy.
The aim of this study is to investigate the current status of nutritional literacy among community-dwelling elderly individuals in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, as well as the associated influencing factors and pathways. The Nutritional Literacy Assessment Scale for community-dwelling older adults and a questionnaire on factors influencing nutritional literacy were utilized. Descriptive statistics, stratified linear regression, and path analysis were employed to determine the influencing factors and pathways of nutritional literacy. The nutritional literacy rate among community-dwelling older adults in Hangzhou was moderate, with functional nutritional literacy being the highest and critical nutritional literacy being the lowest. Factors such as gender, education level, self-efficacy, healthy lifestyles, family and social networks, living environment, and policies were found to influence nutritional literacy. There is scope for improvement in the nutritional literacy level among older adults in the community in Hangzhou, particularly in terms of critical and interactive nutritional literacy.
Introduction Nutritional literacy (NL) has a critical influence on food choices. The objective of the present study was to examine the association of NL with nutrition label use. Methods A ...cross-sectional study was conducted in Bengbu, China. In total, 955 adults were interviewed using a questionnaire designed for the present study to collect information on demographics, lifestyle, nutrition label use, and NL. Binary logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for nutrition label use and its predictive variables. Results In total, 40.4% of the participants reported looking at nutrition label when purchasing prepackaged foods. NL was significantly positively associated with nutrition label use and specifically with checking nutrition facts table, purported nutrition benefits and purported health benefits. In terms of specific facets of NL, nutrition knowledge, applying skills, and critical skills were associated with nutrition label use. After stratification by monthly income and education, the association between NL and nutrition label use was discovered only in individuals with low monthly income. Additionally, nutrition knowledge was associated with nutrition label use only in adults with high education level, whereas applying skills were associated with nutrition label use only in those with low education level. Conclusion The use of nutrition label remains low among Chinese community residents, especially the purported nutritional benefits and purported health benefits. NL is positively associated with nutrition label use, especially with respect to functional and critical NL, with differences based on socioeconomic status. The findings highlight the need for NL interventions targeting individuals with different levels of education and income to encourage use of nutrition label in China.
Purpose
Chemotherapy can lead to malnutrition and post-menopausal recurrence among breast cancer (BC) patients, who need to achieve nutritional literacy (NL) to cope. The objective of this study was ...to explore the NL level in Chinese BC patients receiving chemotherapy and its predictors including both internal motivation and the external environment.
Methods
A total of 326 BC female patients from three hospitals were enrolled. Participants completed the Nutrition Literacy Measurement Scale for Chinese Adult (NLMS-CA), Chinese version from the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ-C), and the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS) to assess NL, treatment self-regulation, and social support. Stepwise multivariate linear regression was used to identify the main factors of NL.
Results
The total NL score was 151.31 ± 16.85, the “knowledge understanding” dimension had the lowest score. In the final regression model, patients with higher scores for “autonomous motivation” and “introjected regulation” on the TSRQ-C and “family support” and “other support” on the PSSS, higher educational levels and average monthly household incomes and endocrine therapy had higher NL levels (adjusted
R
2
= 66.7%,
p
< 0.05).
Conclusions
The overall NL score among Chinese BC patients receiving chemotherapy was satisfactory, but the knowledge understanding score was low. Higher autonomous motivation, introjected regulation, family support and other support scores, higher educational and household income levels, and endocrine therapy were predictors of NL in female patients. Interventions should be designed according to the specific performances and predictors of NL in female patients.
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.
RESUMEN La obesidad es factor de riesgo para las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. Esta condición afecta principalmente a mujeres de bajo nivel socioeconómico. La alfabetización nutricional, ...referida al conocimiento en alimentación y nutrición, podría estar determinando la calidad de la dieta, la que a su vez podría favorecer el desarrollo de la obesidad. Los objetivos del estudio fueron 1) Describir la alfabetización nutricional, el estado nutricional y la calidad de la alimentación, y 2) Explorar la relación entre estas tres variables, en un grupo de mujeres de comunas con pobreza multidimensional de la Región Metropolitana. Se diseñó un estudio transversal, no probabilístico, en donde participaron 122 mujeres. Se evalúo el estado nutricional mediante el cálculo del Índice de Masa Corporal, midiendo peso y talla. La calidad de la alimentación se evaluó utilizando una encuesta de tendencia de consumo alimentaria y el Índice de Alimentación Saludable, y la alfabetización nutricional, con el cuestionario Nutritional Literacy en español (NLit-S), adaptado a la población chilena. La prevalencia de obesidad fue 47,5% y el 88,5% de las mujeres presentó necesidad de cambios en su alimentación. Un 66,4% presentó una alfabetización nutricional deficiente, con más mujeres con exceso de peso en esta categoría. Dominio de etiquetado nutricional fue el que obtuvo peores resultados. Se concluye que la condición alimentaria nutricional de las mujeres de nuestro estudio sugiere un desafío para el trabajo por parte de profesionales de la salud, así como para quienes toman decisiones en alimentación y nutrición.
Aim
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional literacy levels of university academic and administrative staff.
Methods
Data were collected with a questionnaire including sociodemographic ...variables, some eating habits, and the Nutritional Literacy Assessment Tool of Adults. A total of 413 individuals, 211 women (51.1%) and 202 men (48.9%), aged 23–64 (mean: 37.41 ± 10.04 years), were included in the study. The data obtained were evaluated with the SPSS 25.0 statistical package program.
Results
It was found that the nutritional literacy level of 18.15% of the participants is at the borderline, 81.85 are sufficient. Women's nutrition literacy scores are significantly higher than men's (p = 0.034). A significant relationship was found between nutritional literacy, socioeconomic status, and some eating habits (p < 0.05). The average daily water consumption of individuals with sufficient nutritional literacy is statistically significantly higher than those with borderline nutritional literacy (p < 0.001). It was determined that individuals with borderline nutritional literacy skipped meals more frequently (p < 0.05).
Conclusion
The present study suggests that nutritional literacy may be effective in developing healthy eating behaviors. The study's results can guide the determination of methods that will improve nutritional literacy and increase awareness in the future.
Introduction: Nutritional literacy is skills and the degree capacity of privates to obtain, process and understand nutrition information to make good decisions about nutrition. The use of this ...information and nutritional services leads to health promotion. This study examined the status of nutritional literacy in elementary school teachers in Yasuj and its related factors. Methods: In this Cross-Sectional study, a questionnaire of 35 items belonging to Turkey was used. After translation-retranslation and determine its validity for assessing nutritional literacy, it is used in 110 persons of elementary school teachers in Yasuj. The samples were selected by multistage stratified sampling and questionnaire was completed for them. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and analytical statistics. Findings: The average age of participants was 39.48±3.2. The results showed that the mean score of nutrition literacy for participants was 27.14± 3.2. 22.7 percent of teachers had limited or poor nutrition literacy. Teachers with less work experience and bachelor's and higher degree had more nutritional literacy scores. The least number of correct answers was related skills of food centers determination, computing skills and reading of food labels. Conclusions: Overall, according to the level of nutritional literacy in different parts of the group of teachers, it should be considered the designing of interventions to improve nutrition literacy. Because of its uniqueness in Iran, this questionnaire can be used as needs assessment tool in nutritional interventions in Iranian society.
Eating behavior is an essential aspect of life that can have long-term effects on health outcomes. Nutrition literacy is crucial for better health and well-being. It empowers individuals to make ...informed decisions about their nutrition and take control of their eating habits.
This study aimed to assess the relationship between nutritional literacy and eating behavior among nursing students at the nursing faculties of Ardabil University of medical sciences.
A cross-sectional correlational study was conducted in Ardabil province, northwest Iran. The study collected data through simple random sampling at nursing schools in Ardabil province, with 224 nursing students participating. The study collected data from a demographic information form, the nutritional literacy self-assessment questionnaire for students (NL-SF12), and the adult eating behavior questionnaire (AEBQ). The data were analyzed using SPSS version 14.0 software.
Based on the results, nutritional literacy explains 44% of the variance in eating behavior and shows significant explanatory power in two sub-scales of eating behavior. The adjusted R
values for food approach and food avoidance scales were 0.33 and 0.27, respectively.
Given the significant relationship between nutritional literacy and eating behaviors among nursing students, nursing faculty managers and health policymakers should develop new public health strategies to increase nutritional literacy among nursing students.
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