Garden Tabacchi|Giuseppe Battaglia|Marianna Alesi|Antonio Paoli|Antonio Palma|Marianna Bellafiore
Food literacy predictors and associations with physical and emergent literacy in pre-schoolers: results from the Training-to-Health Project
University of Padua
food literacy fl crucial need encompassing basic literacy fundamental movement skills present study aimed investigate fl level preschoolers evaluate effect potential predictors associations gross motor emergent literacy skillscrosssectional study conducted within trainingtohealth projectkindergartens n 21 palermo city council italypreschool children aged 36 years n 921 followed education sessions nutritional topics practical activities compiled prearranged sheets fl assessed fivedomain toolkit preschoolflat gross motor emergent literacy skills assessed italian version gross motor development test prcr22009 respectively correlation regression analyses performed assess relationships fl scores gender age weight height bmi gross motor emergent literacy skillsindependent predictors se higher fl female gender 106 0315 p 001 older age 008 0019 p 0001 greater height 013 003 p 0001 adjusted coefficients significant quotient gross motor development particular locomotor component 003 001 p 001 016 0046 p 0001 respectively almost associations emergent literacy skills significant 002 047the study suggests children raised environment cognitive motor skills enhanced better chances increasing fl success school thus need monitoring fl predictors since early age highlighted