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. 2026 Aug 19;13:1908801. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1908801

Table 7.

Mediation and lagged outcome analysis.

Panel A. Mediation of food literacy between HP-DFE and SEI
Path Coefficient SE 95% CI
HP-DFE → FL 0.228*** 0.041 [0.147, 0.309]
FL → SEI 0.142*** 0.038 [0.067, 0.217]
Direct effect: HP-DFE → SEI 0.115** 0.044 [0.028, 0.202]
Indirect effect 0.032** 0.012 [0.014, 0.057]
Total effect 0.147*** 0.041 [0.067, 0.227]
Mediation proportion 21.80%
Panel B. Lagged effects of sustainable eating on child nutritional outcomes
Variables CN Model 1 CN Model 2 NR Model 3 NR Model 4
SEI_t − 1 0.108** −0.124***
(0.043) (0.04)
SEI_t − 2 0.092* −0.101**
(0.047) (0.044)
Controls Yes Yes Yes Yes
Province FE Yes Yes Yes Yes
Year FE Yes Yes Yes Yes
Observations 465 434 465 434
Adjusted R2 0.493 0.472 0.521 0.497