Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Ondokuz Mayıs University, 55200 Samsun, Türkiye.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gazi University, 06490 Ankara, Türkiye.
Nutrients. 2024 Oct 9;16(19):3416. doi: 10.3390/nu16193416.
Food literacy is associated with sustainable food systems and encourages individuals to adopt healthy eating habits. However, there is no validated method that can be used to measure food literacy related to sustainable food systems of Turkish adults. This research aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish adaptation of the "Food Literacy (FOODLIT) Tool" for Turkish adults.
The study involved 328 people aged 19 to 58 years. The FOODLIT-Tool is a five-point Likert-type scale consisting of 24 items and five factors ("culinary competencies", "production and quality", "selection and planning", "environmentally safe" and "origin").
The Cronbach's alpha coefficient was applied to assess internal consistency reliability, showing an excellent scale coefficient of 0.927. The model was evaluated with a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The findings of the CFA suggested that the fit indices were acceptable (χ/df = 1.257, comparative fit index: 0.991, goodness-of-fit index: 0.977, normed fit index: 0.990 and root mean error of approximation: 0.028). Furthermore, there was a positive relationship between the FOODLIT-Tool score and the "Sustainable and Healthy Eating Behaviors Scale" (SHEB) score (r = 0.518, < 0.001).
Our study shows that the Turkish version of the FOODLIT-Tool integrated with sustainable food systems is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing the food literacy of Turkish adults.
食品素养与可持续食品系统相关，鼓励个人养成健康的饮食习惯。然而，目前还没有经过验证的方法可以用来衡量土耳其成年人与可持续食品系统相关的食品素养。本研究旨在评估土耳其版“食品素养（FOODLIT）工具”在土耳其成年人中的有效性和可靠性。
该研究涉及 328 名年龄在 19 至 58 岁之间的成年人。FOODLIT-Tool 是一个五点李克特量表，由 24 个项目和五个因素（“烹饪能力”、“生产和质量”、“选择和计划”、“环境安全”和“来源”）组成。
采用克朗巴赫α系数评估内部一致性可靠性，得出极好的量表系数为 0.927。采用验证性因子分析（CFA）对模型进行评估。CFA 的结果表明，拟合指数是可接受的（χ/df = 1.257，比较拟合指数：0.991，拟合优度指数：0.977，归一化拟合指数：0.990，近似均方根误差：0.028）。此外，FOODLIT-Tool 评分与“可持续和健康饮食行为量表”（SHEB）评分之间存在正相关关系（r = 0.518， < 0.001）。
本研究表明，与可持续食品系统相结合的土耳其版 FOODLIT-Tool 是一种有效且可靠的测量工具，可用于评估土耳其成年人的食品素养。
