| The validation of a food label literacy questionnaire for elementary school children. | |
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PMID: 22406011 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability and validity of a 10-item questionnaire, the Food Label Literacy for Applied Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire. METHODS: Participants were elementary school children exposed to a 90-minute school-based nutrition program. Reliability was assessed via Cronbach α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Validity was assessed comparing the questionnaire's food choices using an objective metric of nutrition quality, the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI), via t test. Statistical significance was set at .05. RESULTS: Four hundred ninety-nine children participated, 51% were female, and the average age was 8.6 (± 0.9) years. Cronbach α = .77 and ICC = 0.68 (between administrations) were observed. ONQI scores of correct responses were significantly higher when compared to the ONQI scores of incorrect responses (27.4 ± 9.4 vs 16.2 ± 9.4; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The Food Label Literacy for Applied Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire was found to be both reliable and a valid measure of food label literacy in children taught the Nutrition Detectives program. |
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Jesse S Reynolds; Judith A Treu; Valentine Njike; Jennifer Walker; Erica Smith; Catherine S Katz; David L Katz |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Date: 2012-03-09 |
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Title: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Volume: 44 ISSN: 1878-2620 ISO Abbreviation: J Nutr Educ Behav Publication Date: 2012 May-Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-04-30 Completed Date: 2012-09-12 Revised Date: 2013-01-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132622 Medline TA: J Nutr Educ Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 262-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Derby, CT 06418, USA. |
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Analysis of Variance Child Female Food Labeling* Health Education / methods*, standards* Humans Male Nutritional Sciences Questionnaires / standards* Reproducibility of Results Students / statistics & numerical data |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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U48 DP001945/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS |
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