Indian School Psychology Association

Journal of Child and Adolescent Behavior

Food Literacy of Adolescents as a Predictor of Their Healthy Eating and Dietary Quality

Abstract

Author(s): Louisa Ming Yan Chung

Food literacy has newly emerged to connect food-related knowledge and skills to healthy diets. The promotion of it is important to protect adolescents as they eat too many low-nutrient, high-energy foods. Although the components of food literacy have been derived from studies on young people, a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess food literacy and promotion strategies with all components of food literacy has yet to be developed