Table 2.

Food literacy scores (mean and sd), by gender and school socio-economic environment (SEE), in the sample of pre-schoolers (n 921) involved in the Training-to-Health Project, Palermo, Italy, 2016

	All modules Overall food literacy				Module 1 Relationship weight status/food and health				Module 2 Relationship food quality and quantity/health				Module 3 Relationship food/environment				Module 4 Traditional foods/meals				Module 5 Food/meals frequencies and food pyramid
	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	P	n	Mean	sd	P
Gender
Males	271	14·9	4·03		455	2·85	1·26		425	3·21	1·11		410	2·87	1·21		381	2·82	1·19		431	2·86	1·26
Females	234	15·5	3·84		375	2·86	1·23		377	3·20	1·10		356	3·11	1·34	*	305	3·04	1·08	**	362	2·93	1·27
School SEE
Medium/low	282	15·4	3·69		468	2·90	1·26		440	3·28	1·03		437	3·03	1·27		390	3·02	1·18		457	2·89	1·32
Medium/high	223	14·5	3·90	*	362	2·86	1·23		362	3·03	1·17	*	329	2·93	1·06		296	2·78	1·08	*	336	2·88	1·18
Weight status
Underweight	48	15·2	3·35		70	2·84	1·26		68	2·93	1·15		433	2·94	1·43		58	3·19	1·21		67	3·13	1·07
Normal weight	302	15·2	3·80		460	2·77	1·29		435	3·16	1·11		69	2·90	1·19		403	3·04	1·02		447	2·94	1·21
Overweight	62	15·0	4·03		109	2·79	1·30		106	3·02	1·21		104	3·12	1·01		81	3·20	0·94		103	2·72	1·40
Obese	33	16·6	3·41		55	3·11	1·10		49	3·25	0·95		49	3·20	0·96		48	3·25	0·98		47	3·11	1·27

Differences assessed through unpaired Student’s t test: *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01.