The relationship between the nutritional literacy level and heart health attitudes of adolescents
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2023
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Elsevier Science Inc
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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Purpose: It was aimed to evaluate the effect of adolescents' nutritional literacy level on their heart health attitudes.Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. Data from 416 adolescents were obtained in the study. The Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS) and the Cardiovascular Health Behavior Scale for Children (CHBSC) were completed by participants. The adolescents' demographic information, lifestyle, and diet habits were collected. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariable regression.Results: The participants' mean scores of the ANLS and the CHBSC were as 68.30 +/- 8.68 and 67.55 +/- 8.45, respectively. It was determined that 88.7% of the adolescents had moderate attitudes towards heart health and that there was a weak and negative correlation between the ANLS and CHBSC scores (r = -0,207; p < 0.001). It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference in ANLS and CHBSC scores in terms of gender, Body Mass Index (BMI), fast food consumption frequency, what they primarily pay attention to in food, weekly exercise frequency, the amount of daily water consumption, general health status and reading the label of packaged products (p < 0.05). It was determined that exercising, general state of health, BMI, consumption of fast food, and reading the label of packaged products were key predictors of CHBSC scores. Additionally, exercising, consumption of fast food, and reading the label of packaged products were identified as key predictors of ANLS scores.Conclusions: Our analysis suggests that higher levels of nutritional literacy are related to more positive attitudes towards heart health in adolescents. Additionally, our analysis identifies key predictors of both nutrition literacy and heart health behaviors.(c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Nutrition literacy, Adolescent, Cardiovascular diseases, Eating behavior, Pediatric nursing
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Journal of Pediatric Nursing-Nursing Care of Children & Families
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Q2
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71