{"id":539,"date":"2021-10-25T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hjnutrdiet.gr\/?p=539"},"modified":"2021-10-25T14:11:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:11:47","slug":"diereynisi-sysxetisis-gnoseon-diatr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hjnutrdiet.gr\/en\/diereynisi-sysxetisis-gnoseon-diatr\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition knowledge among preadolescents in association with their dietary habits: A school-based survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Giorgos Iatroudis<\/a>1<\/sup>, Venetia Notara<\/a>2,3<\/sup>, Emmanuella Magriplis<\/a>3,4<\/sup>, George Antonogeorgos<\/a>3<\/sup>, Andrea Paola Rojas-Gil<\/a>5<\/sup>, Ekaterina N. Kornilaki<\/a>6<\/sup>, Tonia Vassilakou<\/a>1<\/sup>, Areti Lagiou<\/a>2<\/sup>, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos<\/a>3<\/sup><\/p>\n

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  1. Department of Public Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of West Attica Athens, Greece<\/li>\n
  2. Department of Public & Community Health, University of West Attica Athens, Greece<\/li>\n
  3. Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, School of Health Science & Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece<\/li>\n
  4. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece<\/li>\n
  5. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece;<\/li>\n
  6. Department of Preschool Education, School of Education, University of Crete, Greece<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    [summary]<\/p>\n

    Aim:<\/strong> To examine the association of nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior among preadolescents in the greater urban area of Athens.<\/p>\n

    Methods:<\/strong> 615 school-aged children 10\u201312 years from the metropolitan area of Athens were enrolled in the study, in 2014\u20132015 and 2015-2016. Anthropometric data (height, weight, BMI z-score, waist circumference) and a short food frequency questionnaire were collected. A nutrition knowledge test (NKT) score was calculated based on the knowledge of 4 basic food groups. The statistical package SPSS (IBM SPSS Statistics 24.0) was used for all the analyses (chi-squared test, multinomial logistic regression).<\/p>\n

    Results:<\/strong> A negative significant association was observed between the nutrition knowledge and the soft drinks (p<0.001), chocolates\/croissants\/biscuits (p=0.01) and cheese puffs\/crisps consumption (p=0.034) in the total sample. Among boys a negative significant association was detected between the nutrition knowledge and the soft drinks (p<0.001), canned juices (p=0.003), chocolate\/croissants\/biscuits (p<0.001) and cheese puffs\/crisps consumption (p=0.02). Among girls no significant associations were found between nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior. Overall, preadolescents showed a modest level of nutrition knowledge (58%). The odds ratio (O.R.) of achieving a higher nutrition knowledge score decreased with weight status (O.R.: 0.45; 95% C.I.: 0.27-0.74; p=0.002) with no sex differences.<\/p>\n

    Conclusion:<\/strong> Healthy weight preadolescents tend to have better nutritional knowledge, which is associated with healthier nutritional behavior, compared to overweight and obese preadolescents.<\/p>\n

    Hellenic J Nutr Diet 2020, 12(1-2):3-13<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    To examine the association of nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior among preadolescents in
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