Nutrition literacy, dietary habits and food label use among Turkish adolescents

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dc.authoridYılmazel, Gülay / 0000-0002-2487-5464
dc.contributor.authorYılmazel, Gülay
dc.contributor.authorBozdoğan, Serpil
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T15:05:23Z
dc.date.available2021-11-01T15:05:23Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentHitit Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractObjective: The aim of this study is to determine the nutrition literacy, dietary habits and food label use among Turkish adolescents. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in comm city between March and May 2019 with adolescents (n = 307). The data were collected with a questionnaire consisting of 51 items. In the first phase of the questionnaire, adolescents' socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits, health behaviors (physical activity, smoking) and food label use were questioned. In the second phase adolescent nutrition literacy scale was used to measure nutrition literacy. Data were analyzed by using SPSS 17.0 program. In analysis percentage, average, independent t test and One-Way Anova (Post-hoc Tukey) test. P <0.05 value was considered statistically significant. Results: In this study, adolescents received 70,31 +/- 8,66 score out of the total score of 110. It was determined that nutrition literacy was influenced by socio-demographic characteristics and health behaviors of adolescents. This effect was found to be significant in terms of age, gender, education level of the mother, regular sports and BMI (p<0.05). Only one third of students consumed daily water adequately (>= 8 glass) and when the daily water consumption increased, nutrition literacy increased (p <0.05). Fast food consumption had a significant effect on nutrition literacy (p<0.05). Nutrition literacy was higher among mostly food label users (p<0.05). Nutrition literacy was found to be significantly higher among the utilizers health care workers as a nutrition source (p<0.05). Conclusion: In our study, nutrition literacy was moderate among adolescents. The use of the food label was not at the desired level. The dietary habits and food label use of had a significant effect on nutrition literacy. Extension of epidemiological studies, public health efforts with the school health programs in cooperation with the multi-sectorial could be an important keystone in increasing nutrition literacy in adolescence.
dc.identifier.citationYilmazel, G., & Bozdoğan, S. (2021). Nutrition literacy, dietary habits and food label use among turkish adolescents. Progress in Nutrition, 23(1).
dc.identifier.doi10.23751/pn.v23i1.8563
dc.identifier.issn1129-8723
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85104402406
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23751/pn.v23i1.8563
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11491/7252
dc.identifier.volume23en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000636784700011
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorYılmazel, Gülay
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMattioli 1885
dc.relation.ispartofProgress In Nutrition
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.subjectLiteracyen_US
dc.subjectDietary Habitsen_US
dc.subjectFood Labellingen_US
dc.subjectAdolescentsen_US
dc.titleNutrition literacy, dietary habits and food label use among Turkish adolescents
dc.typeArticle

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