Nutrition Literacy among Adolescents and Its Association with Eating Habits and BMI in Tripoli, Lebanon.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Adolescence is a period of increased autonomy and independent decision making; it determines health behaviors that can persist into the future. Individual factors like food choices and unhealthy lifestyle have an essential role in the development and prevention of obesity among adolescents and are associated with the nutrition literacy of parents and other adults. While the association of parents' nutrition literacy with adolescent BMI has been addressed, there is still a scarcity of studies that examine the effect of adolescents' nutrition literacy on their eating habits and body mass index (BMI) status. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted that included 189 adolescents (68 with overweight and obesity and 121 with normal weight) aged between 14-19 years from

SUBMITTER: Taleb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8103266 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature