Taleb Sara, Itani Leila
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Riad El Solh, Beirut P.O. Box 11-5020, Lebanon.
Diseases. 2021 Mar 29;9(2):25. doi: 10.3390/diseases9020025.
(1) Background: Adolescence is a period of increased autonomy and independent decision making; it determines health behaviors that can persist into the future. Individual factors like food choices and unhealthy lifestyle have an essential role in the development and prevention of obesity among adolescents and are associated with the nutrition literacy of parents and other adults. While the association of parents' nutrition literacy with adolescent BMI has been addressed, there is still a scarcity of studies that examine the effect of adolescents' nutrition literacy on their eating habits and body mass index (BMI) status. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted that included 189 adolescents (68 with overweight and obesity and 121 with normal weight) aged between 14-19 years from four private schools in Tripoli, Lebanon. A self-administered questionnaire that included the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLAI) and the Adolescent Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) was used. Anthropometrics were measured using standardized procedures. The association between nutrition literacy, food habits and BMI was assessed using a chi squared test for independence and Poisson regression analysis where suitable. (3) Results: Results indicated no association between all five components of nutrition literacy and body mass index categories. Furthermore, there was no association between the Adolescent Food Habits Checklist and overweight or obese BMI status (RR = 0.947, 95%CI: 0.629-1.426) ( = 0.796). No association was observed between nutrition literacy and food habits, except for an inverse association with macronutrients literacy. (4) Conclusions: In conclusion, the study indicated that there was no association between the components of nutrition literacy with body mass index or with food habits, except for macronutrient literacy.
(1) 背景：青春期是自主性增强和独立决策的时期；它决定了可能持续到未来的健康行为。食物选择和不健康生活方式等个体因素在青少年肥胖的发展和预防中起着至关重要的作用，并且与父母及其他成年人的营养素养相关。虽然父母的营养素养与青少年体重指数（BMI）之间的关联已得到研究，但仍缺乏研究来探讨青少年的营养素养对其饮食习惯和体重指数（BMI）状况的影响。(2) 方法：进行了一项横断面研究，纳入了黎巴嫩的黎波里四所私立学校的189名14 - 19岁青少年（68名超重和肥胖青少年以及121名体重正常的青少年）。使用了一份包含营养素养评估工具（NLAI）和青少年饮食习惯清单（AFHC）的自填问卷。采用标准化程序测量人体测量学指标。在合适的情况下，使用卡方独立性检验和泊松回归分析来评估营养素养、饮食习惯和BMI之间的关联。(3) 结果：结果表明，营养素养的所有五个组成部分与体重指数类别之间均无关联。此外，青少年饮食习惯清单与超重或肥胖的BMI状况之间也无关联（相对风险RR = 0.947，95%置信区间CI：0.629 - 1.426）（P = 0.796）。除了与常量营养素素养呈负相关外，未观察到营养素养与饮食习惯之间的关联。(4) 结论：总之，该研究表明，除了常量营养素素养外，营养素养的组成部分与体重指数或饮食习惯之间均无关联。
