Food and nutrition information requirements of Australian primary school parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore what Australian primary school parents want to learn about food and nutrition to improve their children's eating behaviours, as well as the associations between parents' personal and demographic characteristics and their views regarding their food and nutrition knowledge needs.

Design

An online nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2021 using a mixed-methods approach. Logistic regression analysis was utilised to examine the relationship between parents' demographics, personal values and their views. Content analysis was performed using Leximancer.

Setting

Australia.

Participants

Seven hundred and eighty-seven parents.

Results

Fifty-one per cent wanted to learn more about food and nutrition to improve their children's hea

SUBMITTER: Aydin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897573 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature