Status of nutrition labeling knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of residents in the community and structural equation modeling analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Unhealthy foods were a major contributor to the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases. The promotion of nutrition labeling in the community can effectively help residents to choose healthy foods, which plays an important role in the prevention of chronic diseases. However, the public awareness of this measure is not clear. Our study used a structural equation model based on the KAP theory to analyze the interaction mechanisms among knowledge, attitude, and practice and aimed to evaluate the relationships among nutrition knowledge, attitude, and practice of residents, which can provide the basis of policy formulation for nutrition education and behavior intervention.

Methods

We carried out a cross-sectional study from May 2022 to July 2022 in the "Communit

SUBMITTER: Liao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149812 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature