Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society

Abstract Introduction Palestinian society is going through health transition that is associated with increase in chronic diseases due to poor dietary habits so adequate integration of nutrition information is important. Aims The aim of this study is to find the association between nutrition literacy...

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Autores principales:	Nihal Natour, Mariam AL-Tell, Osama Ikhdour
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Diet Nutrition literacy Obesity Food security Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e586db1531e047d8ae021ee96b1d8c052021-11-21T12:13:48ZNutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society10.1186/s40795-021-00479-32055-0928https://doaj.org/article/e586db1531e047d8ae021ee96b1d8c052021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00479-3https://doaj.org/toc/2055-0928Abstract Introduction Palestinian society is going through health transition that is associated with increase in chronic diseases due to poor dietary habits so adequate integration of nutrition information is important. Aims The aim of this study is to find the association between nutrition literacy and diet behavior among a group of Palestinian participants. Methods A sample of 101 Palestinian participants were recruited to participate in the study. An online survey was used to collect study data. Newest Vital Sign quiz was used to collect information on nutrition literacy and Short Format of the Diet Health and Knowledge Survey (SFDHKS) was used to collect information on diet behavior and USDA food security questionnaire was used to collect data on food security. Data was analyzed utilizing SPSS 21. Results This study included 101 participants, mean age 22.7 y ± 8.7 y, mainly females (females were 83.2% and males were 16.8%). 5.7% of the study participants were obese, 13.8% overweight and 10.3% were underweight. The prevalence of adequate nutrition literacy was 29%. There was minimal association between diet behavior and nutrition literacy, food security and BMI categories, but significant association with income and living in city relative to village (p < 0.05). Only 11 participants had some form of food insecurity. Conclusion There is low prevalence of adequate nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy depends on social and economic aspects but further research is need to understand its relationship to diet behavior.Nihal NatourMariam AL-TellOsama IkhdourBMCarticleDietNutrition literacyObesityFood securityNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456Medicine (General)R5-920ENBMC Nutrition, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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topic	Diet Nutrition literacy Obesity Food security Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	Diet Nutrition literacy Obesity Food security Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456 Medicine (General) R5-920 Nihal Natour Mariam AL-Tell Osama Ikhdour Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
description	Abstract Introduction Palestinian society is going through health transition that is associated with increase in chronic diseases due to poor dietary habits so adequate integration of nutrition information is important. Aims The aim of this study is to find the association between nutrition literacy and diet behavior among a group of Palestinian participants. Methods A sample of 101 Palestinian participants were recruited to participate in the study. An online survey was used to collect study data. Newest Vital Sign quiz was used to collect information on nutrition literacy and Short Format of the Diet Health and Knowledge Survey (SFDHKS) was used to collect information on diet behavior and USDA food security questionnaire was used to collect data on food security. Data was analyzed utilizing SPSS 21. Results This study included 101 participants, mean age 22.7 y ± 8.7 y, mainly females (females were 83.2% and males were 16.8%). 5.7% of the study participants were obese, 13.8% overweight and 10.3% were underweight. The prevalence of adequate nutrition literacy was 29%. There was minimal association between diet behavior and nutrition literacy, food security and BMI categories, but significant association with income and living in city relative to village (p < 0.05). Only 11 participants had some form of food insecurity. Conclusion There is low prevalence of adequate nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy depends on social and economic aspects but further research is need to understand its relationship to diet behavior.
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title	Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
title_short	Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
title_full	Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
title_fullStr	Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
title_full_unstemmed	Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society
title_sort	nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the palestinian society
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publishDate	2021
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Nutrition literacy is associated with income and place of residence but not with diet behavior and food security in the Palestinian society

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