ERIC Number: EJ1461188
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3435
Available Date: 2025-01-31
Relationship between Nutritional Literacy and Healthy Life Skills of University Students
European Journal of Education, v60 n1 e70019 2025
Health literacy is important for maintaining healthy diets and lifestyles. This study examined the relationship between nutrition literacy and healthy life skills of university students. This study was a descriptive and correlational design. The students' Food and Nutrition Literacy Scale knowledge sub-dimension mean score was found to be 10.30 ± 2.11, at the limited knowledge level, the attitude sub-dimension mean score was 49.32 ± 7.26, at the limited attitude level, and the behaviour sub-dimension mean score was 31.04 ± 5.71, at the limited level. The mean Scale of Healthy Life Skills in University Students score of the university students was 62.96 ± 9.99, at a moderate level. Multiple regression analysis showed that the mean scores obtained from the attitude and behaviour sub-dimensions, studying in the Faculty of Nursing, being 18 years old, and studying in the first or second year were the main variables influencing the healthy life skills of university students. The food and nutrition literacy of the students was limited and their healthy life skills were at a moderate level. As the food and nutrition literacy of the students increased, their healthy life skills became more positive.
Descriptors: College Students, Multiple Literacies, Health, Nutrition, Daily Living Skills, Eating Habits, Dietetics, Health Behavior, Knowledge Level, Universities, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Nursing Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Public Health Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; 2Gyneocologic and Obstetric Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey; 3Public Health Nursing Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Istanbul Gedik University, Istanbul, Turkey