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Employment status, presence of chronic disease and daily screen time are determinants of healthy diet literacy
Abstract
Aims: While it has become easier for consumers to reach information with the developments in technology, however, to be able to find the right resources for the information has become difficult. It is known that this situation is related to the health and nutrition literacy of individuals. In this study, it was aimed to determine health literacy, digital healthy diet literacy and healthy eating attitudes of adult individuals.
Methods: Study data were collected with the help of a questionnaire form from 150 individuals (106 females and 44 males, mean age 32.1±10.62 years) who live in Türkiye and voluntarily agreed to participate in the study between January and June 2023.
Results: More than half of the participants (56%) were found to have more than six hours of daily screen time. The most common sources of information on health and nutrition are reported as academic databases and Instagram (both 30.7%). In both genders, individuals' eating attitudes towards healthy eating were found to be high. When the factors affecting health literacy and digital healthy diet literacy were examined, it was seen that daily screen time, working status and having chronic diseases were statistically important factors (p<0.05).
Conclusion: These data have drawn a general framework about the individuals living in Turkey, but there is a need for more extensive research on other demographic groups of the society.

Keywords : Health literacy, nutrition literacy, screen time, body mass index

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Article available in :
Volume 6, Issue 6, 2023
Page : 1223-1229
https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1350741
Article Information
Received : 27 Ağu 2023
Accepted : 27 Eyl 2023
Published : 29 Eki 2023
Corresponding Author :

Birsen Yılmaz: Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

[email protected]
Citation : Yılmaz B. Employment status, presence of chronic disease and daily screen time are determinants of healthy diet literacy. J Health Sci Med. 2023;6(6):1223-1229.

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