Assessing food and nutrition literacy in children and adolescents: a systematic review of existing tools.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Food literacy (FL) and nutrition literacy (NL) are concepts that can help individuals to navigate the current food environment. Building these skills and knowledge at a young age is important for skill retention, confidence in food practices and supporting lifelong healthy eating habits. The objectives of this systematic review were to: (i) identify existing tools that measure FL and NL among children and/or adolescents and (ii) describe the psychometric properties.

Design

A 4-phase protocol was used to systematically retrieve articles. The search was performed in May 2021. Study characteristics and psychometric properties were extracted, and a narrative synthesis was used to summarise findings. Risk of bias was assessed using the COSMIN checklist.

Setting

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SUBMITTER: Carroll N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature