Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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940557 | Appetite | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A short scale was developed and validated that assesses consumers’ knowledge about nutrition. Sixty-four nutrition knowledge items were derived from consumer interviews and expert recommendations about healthy eating. Items were administered as a postal survey to a sample of consumers randomly drawn from the directory (response rate = 37%, N = 1043). Twenty items were retained to build the final nutrition knowledge scale. Internal reliability, criterion and construct validity were acceptable. Associations of the scale with self-reported food consumption frequencies indicated limited correlation of nutrition knowledge with food choice. Widespread nutrition knowledge gaps in consumers were revealed.
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Authors
Maria Dickson-Spillmann, Michael Siegrist, Carmen Keller,