Status and correlates of food and nutrition literacy among parents-adolescents' dyads: findings from 10 Arab countries

被引:8
作者
Hoteit, Maha [1 ,2 ]
Mansour, Rania [3 ]
Mohsen, Hala [2 ]
Bookari, Khlood [4 ,5 ]
Hammouh, Fadwa [6 ]
Allehdan, Sabika [7 ]
AlKazemi, Dalal [8 ]
Al Sabbah, Haleama [9 ]
Benkirane, Hasnae [10 ]
Kamel, Iman [11 ]
Qasrawi, Radwan [12 ,13 ]
Tayyem, Reema [14 ]
机构
[1] Natl Council Sci Res CNRS, Food Sci Unit, Beirut, Lebanon
[2] Lebanese Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Publ Hlth Nutr Program Lebanon, PHENOL Res Grp, Beirut, Lebanon
[3] Doha Inst Grad Studies, Sch Social Sci & Humanities, Program Social Work, Doha, Qatar
[4] Taibah Univ, Fac Appl Med Sci, Dept Clin Nutr, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
[5] Natl Nutr Comm, Saudi Food & Drug Author, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
[6] Amer Univ Madaba, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Nutr & Dietet, Amman, Jordan
[7] Univ Bahrain, Coll Sci, Dept Biol, Zallaq, Bahrain
[8] Kuwait Univ, Coll Life Sci, Dept Food Sci & Nutr, Kuwait, Kuwait
[9] Abu Dhabi Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Dept Publ Hlth, Abu Dhabi, U Arab Emirates
[10] Ibn Tofail Univ CNESTEN, Joint Res Unit Nutr & Food, RDC Nutr AFRA IAEA, Kenitra, Rabat Sale Keni, Morocco
[11] Natl Res Ctr, Cairo, Egypt
[12] Al Quds Univ, Dept Comp Sci, Jerusalem, Palestine
[13] Istinye Univ, Dept Comp Engn, Istanbul, Turkiye
[14] Qatar Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Dept Human Nutr, Doha, Qatar
关键词
Arab countries; nutrition literacy; food literacy; adolescents; parents; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.3389/fnut.2023.1151498
中图分类号
R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];
学科分类号
100403 ;
摘要
BackgroundFood literacy is capturing the attention worldwide and gaining traction in the Arab countries. Strengthening food and nutrition literacy among Arab teenagers are important promising empowering tools which can protect them from malnutrition. This study aims to assess the nutrition literacy status of adolescents with the food literacy of their parents in 10 Arab countries. MethodsThis cross-sectional study involving a convenient sample of 5,401 adolescent-parent dyads (adolescents: mean age +/- SD: 15.9 +/- 3.0, females: 46.8%; parents: mean age +/- SD: 45.0 +/- 9.1, mothers: 67.8%) was launched between 29 April and 6 June 2022 in 10 Arab nations. The Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS) and the Short Food Literacy Questionnaire (SFLQ) were used to meet the study aims. ResultsMore than one-quarter (28%) of adolescents had poor nutrition literacy, with 60% of their parents being food illiterate. The top three countries with nutritionally" less literate" adolescents were Qatar (44%), Lebanon (37.4%), and Saudi Arabia (34.9%). Adolescents' age, gender, education level, primary caregivers, employment status, and the inclusion of nutrition education in the schools' curriculum predicted the nutrition literacy levels of Arab adolescents. Besides, parental weight status, health status, parent's food literacy level, and the number of children per household were significant determinants too. Adolescents studying at a university and having parents with adequate food literacy had the highest odds of being nutritionally literate (OR = 4.5, CI = 1.8-11.5, p = 0.001, OR = 1.8, CI = 1.6-2.1, p < 0.001, respectively). ConclusionNutrition literacy inadequacy among Arab adolescents is a prioritized challenge to be tackled.
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