Maternal nutrition literacy and childhood obesity in food-insecure and secure households.

ABSTRACT: This study examined whether maternal nutrition knowledge could help reduce the risk of obesity in children from food-insecure households compared to those from food-secure households. This cross-sectional study was performed on 327 mothers and their children. The children, aged 6-12 years, were recruited from primary schools throughout Shiraz, Iran. Food-insecurity and nutrition literacy were assessed using the Household Food-insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and a 60-item Food and Nutrition Literacy Assessment Tool (FNLAT), respectively. Logistic regression models were used to examine the association between children's overweight/obesity and maternal food and nutritional literacy (FNL) across food-secure households and those facing varying degrees of food-insecurity. One hundred thirty-thre

SUBMITTER: Hashemzadeh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11971403 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature