Relationship Between Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Intake: An Assessment Among a Sample of Italian Adults.

ABSTRACT: Background: Assessing nutrition knowledge provides useful information especially if coupled with the self-perception of nutrition knowledge that could lead to bias and personal conviction. The objective of this study was to assess nutrition knowledge (NK) and its relationship with eating habits in a group of adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study with the administration of self-reported questionnaires was conducted on a sample of 591 parents (43 ± 5.82 years old) of primary school pupils recruited from the municipality of Rome (urban) and province (rural). The fieldwork was carried out in May 2017. An indicator to evaluate adherence to Italian dietary guidelines was developed. ANOVA (Welch's ANOVA in case of unequal variances) test and chi-squared test were used fixing the

SUBMITTER: Scalvedi ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8473625 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature