Nutrition literacy and its relationship with diet quality and quality of life among white-collar employees: a study from Turkiye

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dc.contributor.authorAlpat Yavaş, İdil
dc.contributor.authorGüney Coşkun, Merve
dc.contributor.authorSaleki, Neda
dc.contributor.authorSezer Karataş, Fatma Elif
dc.contributor.authorKeskin, Eda
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-05T15:20:07Z
dc.date.available2025-12-05T15:20:07Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü
dc.description.abstractBackground: Nutrition literacy is an important component of health and healthy eating behaviors. The aim of this study was to determine the nutrition literacy (NL) status of white-collar employees and its relationship with adherence to the Mediterranean diet, anthropometric measurements, and lifestyle behaviors, including eating habits, dietary intake, and physical activity level. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 3459 white-collar employees aged 18–65 who lived in Türkiye. A questionnaire prepared by the researchers was used to obtain information about the demographic characteristics and anthropometric measurements of the participants. Evaluation Instrument of Nutrition Literacy on Adults (EINLA) was used to assess NL, the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) was used to assess diet quality, and the Quality of Life Test Short Form-36 (SF-36) was used to determine quality of life. Data analysis was conducted using the IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 program. Results: With an average age of 24.3 ± 10.5 years and 50.7% women, women presented higher nutrition literacy than men did (p < 0.001). Most participants held university or postgraduate degrees with medium to high income levels and the majority demonstrated sufficient NL. Compared with other participants, those with adequate NL had significantly higher Mediterranean diet adherence, and SF-36 physical (77.27 ± 16.26), and mental (65.45 ± 17.00) scores (p < 0.001). Negative correlations were found between the EINLA score and BMI (r=-0.082), waist circumference (r=-0.072), hip circumference (r=-0.036), waist/hip ratio (r=-0.074), and waist/height ratio (r=-0.056) (p < 0.05). Additionally, weak positive correlations were observed between the EINLA score and the SF-36 physical (r = 0.158) and mental scores (r = 0.088), as well as the metabolic equivalent of task (MET) score (r = 0.042) (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study demonstrated that NL is a significant predictor of anthropometric measurements and healthy lifestyle behaviors including dietary habits, and quality of life among adults. Nutrition literacy can enable individuals to make informed choices and thus contribute to the prevention of many noncommunicable chronic diseases.
dc.identifier.citationAlpat Yavaş, İ., Güney Coşkun, M., Saleki, N., Sezer Karataş, F. E. ve Keskin, E. (2024). Nutrition literacy and its relationship with diet quality and quality of life among white-collar employees: a study from Turkiye. BMC Public Health, 24(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21078-4
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-024-21078-4
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.pmid39696267
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85212478378
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-21078-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/13293
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001381018400014
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthorAlpat Yavaş, İdil
dc.institutionauthorGüney Coşkun, Merve
dc.institutionauthorSaleki, Neda
dc.institutionauthorSezer Karataş, Fatma Elif
dc.institutionauthorKeskin, Eda
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0002-0388-1267
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0002-5940-2413
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0003-1141-5730
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0002-3399-0229
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0001-7050-9337
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Public Health
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDiet Quality
dc.subjectMediterranean Diet
dc.subjectNutrition Literacy
dc.subjectQuality of Life
dc.subjectWhite-Collar Employees
dc.titleNutrition literacy and its relationship with diet quality and quality of life among white-collar employees: a study from Turkiye
dc.typeArticle

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