Maria Luisa Scalvedi|Laura Gennaro|Anna Saba|Laura Rossi
Relationship Between Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Intake: An Assessment Among a Sample of Italian Adults
Cereal Research Centre|Cereal Research Centre|Cereal Research Centre|Cereal Research Centre
background assessing nutrition knowledge provides useful information especially coupled selfperception nutrition knowledge could lead bias personal conviction objective study assess nutrition knowledge nk relationship eating habits group adults methods crosssectional study administration selfreported questionnaires conducted sample 591 parents 43 582 years old primary school pupils recruited municipality rome urban province rural fieldwork carried may 2017 indicator evaluate adherence italian dietary guidelines developed anova welchs anova case unequal variances test chisquared test used fixing significance level 5 p amplt 005 results percentage correct answers nutrition knowledge 46 expert recommendation section highest percentage 59 majority respondents 66 confident high level nutrition knowledge 37 sample nutrition knowledge selfperception nutrition knowledge levels found associated total 40 sample showed eating habits congruent nutrition knowledge level investigated sample living rural areas young low school education level factors associated low nutrition literacy orand unhealthy eating habits conclusions study provided demonstration assessment based multidimensional multilevel approach helpful identify knowledge gaps profile critical segments put place targeted policy interventions