TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental health status in relation to the nutrition literacy level of their children
T2 - Results from an epidemiological study in 1728 Greek students
AU - Kanellopoulou, Aikaterini
AU - Katelari, Angeliki
AU - Notara, Venetia
AU - Antonogeorgos, George
AU - Rojas-Gil, Andrea Paola
AU - Kornilaki, Ekaterina N.
AU - Kosti, Rena I.
AU - Lagiou, Areti
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - BACKGROUND: Children's dietary behaviors seem tract into adulthood and as a result preventing strategies to establish healthy behaviors from early stages of life are needed. Nutrition knowledge is essential for behavioral change. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the status of parental health related to their children's nutrition literacy level through their perceptions mainly of healthy eating attitudes METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Greece among 1,728 schoolchildren aged 10-12 years old. The sample was collected in the school setting during the school years of 2014-2016. Children completed anonymously a self-administered questionnaire about their knowledge and perceptions of a healthy diet while their parents completed another suitable questionnaire about family health status. RESULTS: Paternal BMI status and hypertension were inversely associated with the level of nutrition literacy of their children by b=-0.043 (95%CI: (-0.082, -0.003; p=0.036) and by b=-0.600 (95%CI: -1.181, -0.019; p=0.043), respectively. Parental health status, specifically, paternal diabetes and maternal dyslipidemia were associated with children's higher level of nutrition literacy by b=0.729 (95%CI: 0.002, 1.456; p=0.049) and by b=0.730 (95%CI: 0.086, 1.374; p=0.026), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Parental health status partially affects, either negatively or positively, the level of nutrition literacy of their children. This impact depends on whether parents follow nutritional recommendations to improve their health.
AB - BACKGROUND: Children's dietary behaviors seem tract into adulthood and as a result preventing strategies to establish healthy behaviors from early stages of life are needed. Nutrition knowledge is essential for behavioral change. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the status of parental health related to their children's nutrition literacy level through their perceptions mainly of healthy eating attitudes METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Greece among 1,728 schoolchildren aged 10-12 years old. The sample was collected in the school setting during the school years of 2014-2016. Children completed anonymously a self-administered questionnaire about their knowledge and perceptions of a healthy diet while their parents completed another suitable questionnaire about family health status. RESULTS: Paternal BMI status and hypertension were inversely associated with the level of nutrition literacy of their children by b=-0.043 (95%CI: (-0.082, -0.003; p=0.036) and by b=-0.600 (95%CI: -1.181, -0.019; p=0.043), respectively. Parental health status, specifically, paternal diabetes and maternal dyslipidemia were associated with children's higher level of nutrition literacy by b=0.729 (95%CI: 0.002, 1.456; p=0.049) and by b=0.730 (95%CI: 0.086, 1.374; p=0.026), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Parental health status partially affects, either negatively or positively, the level of nutrition literacy of their children. This impact depends on whether parents follow nutritional recommendations to improve their health.
KW - childhood obesity
KW - dietary behaviors
KW - health literacy
KW - nutrition literacy
KW - Parental health
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U2 - 10.3233/MNM-200470
DO - 10.3233/MNM-200470
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102176407
SN - 1973-798X
VL - 14
SP - 57
EP - 67
JO - Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
JF - Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
IS - 1
ER -