Advances on research of nutrition literacy and nutrition literacy assessment tools
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2018.03.023
- VernacularTitle: 营养素养及其评价工具研究进展
- Author:
Jie ZHAO
1
;
Jiwei WANG
;
Chunhai SHAO
;
Jinming YU
Author Information
1. Key Lab of Health Technology Assessment(Ministry of Health), Public Health School, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Nutrition assessment;
Health literacy;
Nutrition literacy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2018;52(3):328-331
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Health literacy has become a vibrant area of research, and the nutrition literacy and health literacy were closely related as well as a growing number of inquiries have focused on direct measures of nutrition literacy. In this paper, we summarized some features such as the structure, the content, the reliability, the validity and the application of the general nutrition literacy assessment tools and the health literacy assessment tools related to nutrition literacy, furthermore the evaluation contents were listed as the understanding capacity, numeracy capacity, household food measurement, food group, and basic nutrition knowledge. In addition, the briefly the nutrition information readability assessment tools were also summarized. The research results of nutritional literacy and its assessment tools would provide reference for the development of nutrition literacy assessment tools and evaluation work in China.
