Table 1. The core components of food and nutrition literacy in school-age children.
| Domain | Dimension | Component | The 2nd round consultation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | coordination coefficient | |||
| score | ||||
| Knowledge and understanding | Knowledge and understanding of food and nutrition | 1. Understanding that an individual is responsible for his or her own health and lifestyle.a | 4.67 | 0.10 |
| 2. Knowing about food and nutrition information sources and services.a | 4.20 | 0.24 | ||
| 3. Understanding the food system from production to access to waste. | 4.32 | 0.18 | ||
| 4. Knowing about food groups and their compositions.a | 4.43 | 0.23 | ||
| 5. Understanding a variety of dietary cultures.a | 3.91 | 0.20 | ||
| Skill | Access to and planning for food | 6. Learning to grow food in the garden and process homegrown food.a | 4.60 | 0.18 |
| 7. Planning the quantity of food to prepare to reduce food waste.a | 4.17 | 0.13 | ||
| Selecting food | 8. Being able to judge the quality of food.a | 4.39 | 0.24 | |
| 9. Being able to read and understand food nutrition labels.a | 4.60 | 0.16 | ||
| 10. Being able to critically judge advertisements, promotions, marketing and other information presented to consumers.c | 4.20 | 0.24 | ||
| 11. Talking to families and friends about food and nutrition, saying “no”, and being able to modify their intake.b | 4.40 | 0.21 | ||
| Preparing food | 12. Being familiar with kitchen equipment and being able to help parents prepare and cook foods.a | 3.99 | 0.19 | |
| 13. Being able to apply basic principles of food safety, like keeping one’s hands clean.a | 4.38 | 0.23 | ||
| Eating | 14. Being able to estimate food portion size.a | 4.43 | 0.16 | |
| 15. Healthy and balanced diet, including vegetables and fruits, dairy and legume products, whole grains and fewer oils, salts and sugars.a | 4.62 | 0.14 | ||
| 16. No picky eating.a | 4.60 | 0.11 | ||
| 17. Eating snacks healthily.a | 4.27 | 0.19 | ||
| 18. Measuring and evaluating weight regularly, maintaining a healthy weight by regulate energy balance between dietary intake and physical activity expenditure. a | 4.64 | 0.14 | ||
| 19. Abiding by table manners, and chewing food thoroughly. a | 4.02 | 0.23 | ||
a Functional literacy.
b Interactive literacy.
c Critical literacy.