Association between health literacy and dietary intake of sugar, fat and salt: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To collect and summarise all current data from observational studies, generating evidence of the association between health literacy (HL) and the dietary intake of sugar, salt and fat, to analyse intervention studies on the promotion of an appropriate dietary intake of the above-mentioned nutrients and to ascertain whether HL moderates the efficacy of such intervention.

Design

A systematic literature search of analytical observational studies on the association between HL and dietary intake of sugar, salt and fat was performed in Medline and Scopus databases. Intervention studies on the promotion of healthy nutrition that concerned the intake of sugar, salt and fat were also assessed.

Results

Of the eight observational studies included in this review, five

SUBMITTER: Buja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8145460 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature