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Complexities in Conceptualizing and Measuring Food Literacy

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 119; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jand.2018.10.015

2212-2680

Heather Thomas, Elsie Azevedo Perry, Julie Slack, H Ruby Samra, Ella Manowiec, Lisa Petermann, Elizabeth Manafò, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick,

School Health and Nursing Education

Eating patterns are implicated in the development of noncommunicable chronic diseases that are among the leading causes of death and disability globally. 1 Lozano R. Naghavi M. Foreman K. et al. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Lancet. 2010; 380: 2095-2128 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (9879) Google Scholar , 2 Forouzanfar M.H. Alexander L. Anderson H.R. et al. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet. 2015; 386: 2287-2323 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1921) Google Scholar , 3 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. 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Google Scholar Efforts to promote healthy eating have often focused on nutrition knowledge or food preparation skills in isolation. 8 Vidgen HA, Gallegos D. Defining food literacy, its components, development and relationship to food intake: A case study of young people and disadvantage. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53786/1/Food_literacy_and_young_people_report.pdf. Published 2012. Accessed February 15, 2017. Google Scholar , 9 Vaitkeviciute R. Ball L.E. Harris N. The relationship between food literacy and dietary intake in adolescents: A systematic review. Public Health Nutr. 2015; 18: 649-658 Crossref PubMed Scopus (152) Google Scholar , 10 Standards, Programs & Community Development Branch Ministry of Health Promotion. Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Healthy Weights Guidance Document. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/publichealth/oph_standards/docs/mhp/HealthyEating-PhysicalActivity-HealthyWeights.pdf. Published May 2010. Accessed February 15, 2017. Google Scholar However, such efforts may achieve limited population-level gains because they do not address the myriad of socio-ecological factors that shape dietary intake. 11 Vidgen H.A. Gallegos D. Food literacy: time for a new term or just another buzzword?. J Home Econ. 2010; 17: 2-8 Google Scholar , 12 Vidgen H. Food literacy: what is it and does it influence what we eat? [PhD thesis]. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia2014https://eprints.qut.edu.au/66720/1/Helen_Vidgen_Thesis.pdfDate accessed: February 14, 2017 Google Scholar , 13 World Cancer Research Fund International. Nourishing framework. http://www.wcrf.org/int/policy/nourishing-framework. Accessed February 14, 2017. Google Scholar In contrast, the emerging concept of food literacy explicitly recognizes the impact of environmental factors on people’s capacity to develop and apply knowledge, skills, and behaviors that are essential to healthy eating. 8 Vidgen HA, Gallegos D. Defining food literacy, its components, development and relationship to food intake: A case study of young people and disadvantage. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/53786/1/Food_literacy_and_young_people_report.pdf. Published 2012. Accessed February 15, 2017. Google Scholar , 14 Krause C, Sommerhalder K, Beer-Borst S, Abel T. Just a subtle difference? Findings from a systematic review on definitions of nutrition literacy and food literacy. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daw084. Published October 31, 2016. Accessed November 23, 2017. Google Scholar , 15 Cullen T. Hatch J. Martin W. Wharf Higgins J. Sheppard R. Food literacy: Definition and framework for action. 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The relationship between food literacy and dietary intake in adolescents: A systematic review. Public Health Nutr. 2015; 18: 649-658 Crossref PubMed Scopus (152) Google Scholar , 17 Engler-Stringer R. Food, cooking skills, and health: a literature review. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2010; 71: 141-145 Crossref PubMed Scopus (83) Google Scholar H. Thomas is a public health dietitian, Middlesex-London Health Unit, London, Ontario, Canada. E. Azevedo Perry is a public health nutritionist, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Department, Haliburton, Kiwartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. J. Slack is a public health nutritionist, Northwestern Health Unit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. H. R. Samra is a public health dietitian, City of Hamilton Public Health Services, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. E. Manowiec is a consultant, Nutrition Promotion, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. L. Petermann is a research consultant, EXEP Consulting Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. E. Manafò is lead, research and evaluation, EXEP Consulting Inc, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. S. I. Kirkpatrick is an assistant professor, School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.