Shu Ching Yang|Yi Fang Luo|Chia-Hsun Chiang
Electronic Health Literacy and Dietary Behaviors in Taiwanese College Students: Cross-Sectional Study
National Sun Yat-sen University|National Sun Yat-sen University|National Sun Yat-sen University
given recognized importance preventing poor dietary behaviors adolescence need better understanding college students dietary behaviors studies found individual factors electronic health ehealth literacy may affect ones dietary behaviors however studies fully investigated effect three levels ehealth literacy functional interactive critical interactive effect individual factors eg gender monthly expenses frequency cooking three levels ehealth literacy four aspects dietary behaviors consumer health balanced diet regular eating habits unhealthy food intakethis study aimed investigate whether individual differences higher ehealth literacy associated positive dietary behaviors less unhealthy dietary intakethe ehealth literacy scale 12item instrument designed measure college students functional interactive critical ehealth literacy dietary behaviors scale 14item instrument developed measure four aspects dietary behaviors college students questionnaire administered collect background information participants gender monthly expenses frequency cooking national sample college students surveyed 813 responses obtained conducted multiple regression analysis examine association among individual factors ehealth literacy dietary behaviorsthis study found functional ehealth literacy negatively related unhealthy food intake beta11 p01 interactive ehealth literacy positively related balanced diet beta25 p001 consumer health beta15 p02 moreover critical ehealth literacy positively related consumer health beta30 p001 regular eating habits beta20 p002 finally interactive effect gender interactive ehealth literacy negatively related balanced diet beta22 p001 interactive effect monthly expenses functional ehealth literacy positively related balanced diet beta07 p03 although interactive effect monthly expenses critical ehealth literacy negatively related balanced diet beta10 p047this study showed taiwanese college students higher functional ehealth literacy likely engage fewer unhealthy food consumption practices higher interactive critical ehealth literacy likely engage positive dietary behaviors functional ehealth literacy surprisingly females high interactive ehealth literacy likely poor balanced diet contrast students higher monthly expenses higher functional ehealth literacy likely balanced diet however students higher monthly expenses higher critical ehealth literacy less likely maintain balanced diet