The Validation of a Food Label Literacy Questionnaire for Elementary School Children

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• 作者：Jesse S. Reynolds ; MS¹ ; Judith A. Treu ; MS ; RD¹ ; Valentine Njike ; MD ; MPH¹ ; Jennifer Walker ; MEd² ; Erica Smith ; BS² ; Catherine S. Katz ; PhD¹ ; David L. Katz ; MD¹ ; ^{katzdl@pol.net} ; ^{michelle.evans@yalegriffinprc.org}
• 关键词：nutrition knowledge ; food label ; literacy ; validated instruments ; child
• 刊名：Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：P99_14994046
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May-June, 2012
• 卷：44
• 期：3
• 页码：262-266
• 文件大小：125 K

摘要

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 伪 and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Validity was assessed comparing the questionnaire鈥檚 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 (卤 0.9) years. Cronbach 伪 = .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 卤 9.4 vs 16.2 卤 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.