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- Title
Nutrition Campaign Knowledge and Dietary Behavior in Middle School Students.
- Authors
Roth, Sarah E.; Gill, Monique; Chan-Golston, Alec M.; Crespi, Catherine M.; Albert, Stephanie L.; Rice, Lindsay N.; Prelip, Michael L.
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: Federal nutrition campaigns are designed to make dietary recommendations accessible but have not been extensively evaluated. This paper explores whether knowledge of nutrition campaigns is associated with dietary behavior among young adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 4,773 middle school students in Southern California. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to assess the association between dietary behaviors and nutrition campaign knowledge, controlling for gender and ethnicity. Results: Knowledge of the Fruit & Veggies-More Matters campaign was associated with increased odds of high fruit and vegetable consumption, knowledge of the MyPlate campaign was associated with neither, and both were associated with increased odds of not consuming soda. Conclusion: Overall, low percentages of students demonstrated knowledge of nutrition campaigns, and knowledge was associated with some dietary behaviors. More research is needed to examine the impact of nutrition campaigns while also accounting for other psychosocial and environmental factors that may affect soda, fruit, and vegetable consumption.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CHI-squared test; FOOD habits; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH promotion; HISPANIC Americans; MIDDLE school students; NUTRITION education; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; LOGISTIC regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method; HEALTH literacy; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Californian Journal of Health Promotion, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1545-8717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32398/cjhp.v16i2.2086