Development and validation of a food and nutrition literacy questionnaire for Chinese school-age children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to develop and validate the Food and Nutrition Literacy Questionnaire for Chinese School-age Children (FNLQ-SC).

Methods

A comprehensive literature review and qualitative study were initially performed to identify the dimensions and core components of food and nutrition literacy. A cross-sectional survey of 4359 school-age children was conducted, and junior middle school students were used to analyze the reliability and validity of the questionnaire (n = 2452). The reliability of the questionnaire was determined by internal consistency, the construct validity was assessed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and the content validity was assessed by the Pearson correlation coefficient.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Liu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787443 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature