Florence Samkange-Zeeb, Hunny Singh, Meret Lakeberg, Jonathan Kolschen, Benjamin Schüz, Lara Christianson, Karina Karolina De Santis, Tilman Brand, Hajo Zeeb
Health Literacy Needs Among Unemployed Persons: Collating Evidence Through Triangulation of Interview and Scoping Review Data
Frontiers in public health
1 background nutrition labels front food packages increasingly become focus research however studies placed special emphasis nutritionally atrisk subpopulations young adults low literacynumeracy skills present study aimed assess perception objective understanding three frontofpackage labeling fopl formats currently use belgian market ie nutriscore reference intakes multiple traffic lights among students varying health literacy hl levels 2 methods webbased survey carried among 2295 students tertiary education province lige belgium questionnaire included questions related general characteristics objective understanding perception response assigned fopl format level hl 3 results respect objective understanding nutriscore outperformed labels across hl levels similarly understood students varying hl levels several students characteristics appeared associated cluster perception nutriscore cluster highest percentages disadvantaged students ie inadequate hl nonuniversity institutions low selfestimated nutrition knowledge low selfestimated diet quality 4 conclusion overall findings supported nutriscore particularly effective guiding students food choices particular importance fact summarized graded colorcoded nutritional label would useful strategy disadvantaged limited hl