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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Kanellopoulou, Aikaterinia | Katelari, Angelikia | Notara, Venetiab | Antonogeorgos, Georgea | Rojas-Gil, Andrea Paolac | Kornilaki, Ekaterina N.d | Kosti, Rena I.e | Lagiou, Aretib | Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.a; f; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece | [b] Department of Public and Community Health, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece | [c] Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece | [d] Department of Preschool Education, School of Education, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece | [e] Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Physical Education, Sports and Dietetics, Trikala, Greece | [f] Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Prof. Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens 176 71, Greece. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: 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.
Keywords: Parental health, nutrition literacy, childhood obesity, dietary behaviors, health literacy
DOI: 10.3233/MNM-200470
Journal: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 57-67, 2021
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