Factors affecting nutrition literacy: a pilot study among Turkish adults/ Fatores que afetam a alfabetizacao em nutricao: um estudo piloto entre adultos turcos

• Published in: Revista de nutrição 2024-01, Vol.47
• Main Authors: Oral, Emel Aydan, Kiziltan, Gul
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 1415-5273
• DOI: 10.1590/1678-9865202437e230074

The aim of this study was examined the effects of sociodemographic characteristics and health status of adults on nutritional literacy. This cross-sectional study was conducted among adults (aged >20 years) in Ankara, Turkey between April to June 2022. The first part of the survey consisted of questions aimed at determining the socidemographic characteristics and health status of the individuals. In the second part, the Nutrition Literacy Instrument adopted in Turkish was utilized to assess the nutrition literacy status of the participants. Based on this scale, a score above 38 was classified as "adequate", a score between 29 and 38 as "borderline" and a score below 29 as "inadequate" In this study 676 individuals was participated, among whom 50.6% (n=342) were women and 49.4% (n=334) were men. The average total nutritional literacy score of the individuals was 33.06[+ or -]3.49. It was found 9.3% of Individuals had inadequate nutrition literacy, 87.4% had borderline nutrition literacy, and 3.3% had adequate nutrition literacy. Nutrition literacy levels were found to be statistically significant between genders, with women exhibiting greater levels of nutrition literacy than men (p