James J. Diamond
Development of a reliable and construct valid measure of nutritional literacy in adults
Jefferson College
research relation literacy health status included measures nutritional literacy may critical area study chronic conditions hypertension diabetes relate obesity nutrition paper details development psychometric characteristics nutritional literacy scale nls offered measure adults ability comprehend nutritional informationin order assess internal consistency construct validity nls demographic data readability statistics nls scores scores reading comprehension section short test functional health literacy adults stofhla collected crosssectional study 341 patients two primary care practicesthe nls score showed acceptable internal consistency 084 cronbachs alpha coefficient pearson correlation nls stofhla 061 supporting evidence construct validitygiven importance proper weight nutrition health public well absence research literacy skills related nutritional concepts nls potential add national research agenda areas