Heather Gibbs|Amy R. Kennett|Elizabeth H. Kerling|Yu Qi|Byron J. Gajewski|Lauren T. Ptomey|Debra K. Sullivan
Assessing the Nutrition Literacy of Parents and Its Relationship With Child Diet Quality
University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center|University of Kansas Medical Center
objective estimate reliability validity nutrition literacy assessment instrument parents nlitp investigate relationships among parental nutrition literacy parental child body mass index child diet quality healthy eating index methods crosssectional study 101 parentchild dyads collected measures socioeconomic status nutrition literacy 2 24hour child diet recalls body mass index reliability nlitp assessed confirmatory factor analysis pearson correlation multiple linear regression used results fair substantial reliability seen across 5 nlitp domains whereas pearson correlations support concurrent validity nlitp related child diet quality parental income age educational attainment p 001 every 1 increase nlitp 051 increase child healthy eating index multivariate coefficient 0174 p 001 conclusions implications nlitp demonstrates potential measuring parental nutrition literacy may important educational target improving child diet quality