Parental health status in relation to the nutrition literacy level of their children: Results from an epidemiological study in 1728 Greek students.
In: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition & Metabolism, Jg. 14 (2021), Heft 1, S. 57-67
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BACKGROUND: Children's dietary behaviors seem tract into adulthood and as a result preventing strategies to establish healthy behaviors from early stages of life are needed. Nutrition knowledge is essential for behavioral change. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the status of parental health related to their children's nutrition literacy level through their perceptions mainly of healthy eating attitudes METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Greece among 1,728 schoolchildren aged 10–12 years old. The sample was collected in the school setting during the school years of 2014–2016. Children completed anonymously a self-administered questionnaire about their knowledge and perceptions of a healthy diet while their parents completed another suitable questionnaire about family health status. RESULTS: Paternal BMI status and hypertension were inversely associated with the level of nutrition literacy of their children by b = –0.043 (95%CI: (–0.082, –0.003; p = 0.036) and by b = –0.600 (95%CI: –1.181, –0.019; p = 0.043), respectively. Parental health status, specifically, paternal diabetes and maternal dyslipidemia were associated with children's higher level of nutrition literacy by b = 0.729 (95%CI: 0.002, 1.456; p = 0.049) and by b = 0.730 (95%CI: 0.086, 1.374; p = 0.026), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Parental health status partially affects, either negatively or positively, the level of nutrition literacy of their children. This impact depends on whether parents follow nutritional recommendations to improve their health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Parental health status in relation to the nutrition literacy level of their children: Results from an epidemiological study in 1728 Greek students.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kanellopoulou, Aikaterini ; Katelari, Angeliki ; Notara, Venetia ; Antonogeorgos, George ; Rojas-Gil, Andrea Paola ; Kornilaki, Ekaterina N. ; Kosti, Rena I. ; Lagiou, Areti ; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B. |
Zeitschrift: | Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition & Metabolism, Jg. 14 (2021), Heft 1, S. 57-67 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2021 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1973-798X (print) |
DOI: | 10.3233/MNM-200470 |
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