1990
DOI: 10.1093/her/5.4.467
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Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and perceived norms as correlates of selecting low-fat diets

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“…J1 5 not important at all to 6 5 very important. zBased on an item from the attitudes about diet and health scale by Kristal et al (1990) (26) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…J1 5 not important at all to 6 5 very important. zBased on an item from the attitudes about diet and health scale by Kristal et al (1990) (26) .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most of the predictor concepts and the outcome variable label use were assessed in scales consisting of several items (see Table 1). We based the items of these scales on several previous studies that had examined knowledge, attitudes and beliefs in a health and nutrition context, or numeracy (15,(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28) , and completed them with our own questions. Table 1 presents the scales used in the study with one item example each, the internal reliability, mean sum score, number of respondents and original sources*.…”
Section: Questionnairementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Two variables were used to measure parents' NKAN, both based on scales developed and validated by Kristal et al 37 for measuring psychosocial factors related to low-fat diet selection among adult women. The first variable, a summed 23-item scale, assessed parents' knowledge of fats in foods and links among diet and cancer risk, attitudes toward processed foods, and the presence of friends who were switching to healthier eating patterns.…”
Section: Variables and Measuresmentioning
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“…These topics were used by other researchers who determined fibre knowledge (Resnicow & Reinhardt, 1991;Auld et al, 1998). As education stands out as the most important predictor of knowledge scores (Levy et al, 1993), the inclusion of questions on terminology and characteristics was seen as justified because the study group would be higher education students.…”
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“…One of the reasons suggested for the inconsistency is that the nutrition knowledge could have been poorly assessed (Kristal et al, 1990;Parmenter & Wardle, 1999). indicate that the use of measures with little consideration of reliability and validity issues has limited the understanding of nutrition knowledge amongst the United Kingdom (UK) public.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%