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Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2026 May 21;126(9):156387. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2026.156387

Table 2.

Percent of Phase I user testing participants who found the Graphic or the Table easier to understand, for themselves and the general public, by participant subjective numeracy score^a

Easier to understand	High Numeracy^a (n=14)	Lower Numeracy (n=16)	Total (n=30)
	n (%)
Graphic
Participant	10 (71.4%)	9 (56.3%)	19 (63.3%)
Public	12 (85.7%)	11 (68.8%)	23 (76.7%)
Table
Participant	4 (28.6%)	7 (43.7%)	11 (36.7%)
Public	2 (14.3%)	5 (31.2%)	7 (23.3%)

SNS is Subjective Numeracy Scale: Range 3–18, Study Range 6–18;¹⁶ high numeracy is 17–18 and lower numeracy is ≤16