Table 1.
Evaluation of the status of nutritional literacy according to sociodemographic characteristics of students
| Variables | n | % | NL Score | P values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | ||||
| NL Score | 523 | 100 | 67·62 | 7·98 | – |
| Gender | 0·24 | ||||
| Female | 260 | 49·7 | 68·03 | 8·47 | |
| Male | 263 | 50·3 | 67·22 | 9·00 | |
| BMI | 0·93 | ||||
| Underweight (<5 percentile) | 13 | 2·5 | 66·46 | 6·00 | |
| Healthy weight (≥5–<85 percentile) | 351 | 67·1 | 67·63 | 8·36 | |
| Overweight (≥85–<95 percentile) | 108 | 20·7 | 67·87 | 6·78 | |
| Obese (≥95 percentile) | 51 | 9·8 | 67·62 | 7·98 | |
| Smoking status | 0·072 | ||||
| Yes | 78 | 14·9 | 65·71 | 8·45 | |
| MQuit | 89 | 17 | 67·83 | 7·26 | |
| No | 356 | 68·1 | 67·98 | 8·01 | |
| Positive body perception | 0·03* | ||||
| Never/Rarely | 57 | 10·9 | 65·14 | 9·7·81 | |
| Sometimes | 159 | 30·4 | 67·52 | 7·80 | |
| Frequently/Always | 307 | 58·7 | 68·13 | 7·98 | |
| Health perception | 0·02* | ||||
| Very Bad/Bad | 33 | 6·3 | 63·93 | 10·03 | |
| Middle | 114 | 21·8 | 67·52 | 7·19 | |
| Good/Very Good | 376 | 71·9 | 67·62 | 7·98 | |
| Maternal educational status | 0·028* | ||||
| Not literate | 11 | 2·1 | 61·18 | 9·56 | |
| Literate | 5 | 1 | 66·40 | 9·01 | |
| Primary school graduate | 241 | 46·1 | 67·05 | 8·32 | |
| Secondary school graduate | 169 | 32·3 | 68·66 | 7·43 | |
| High school graduate | 77 | 14·7 | 67·62 | 7·69 | |
| College-Faculty Graduation | 20 | 3·8 | 69·50 | 6·66 | |
| Father’s educational status | 0·69 | ||||
| Not literate | 3 | 0·6 | 62·67 | 9·45 | |
| Literate | 4 | 0·8 | 66·25 | 6·23 | |
| Primary school graduate | 169 | 32·3 | 67·07 | 8·47 | |
| Secondary school graduate | 159 | 30·4 | 67·66 | 7·82 | |
| High school graduate | 155 | 29·6 | 68·12 | 7·92 | |
| College-Faculty Graduation | 33 | 6·3 | 68·45 | 6·55 | |
*
The data are shown as mean values and standard deviations. The one-way ANOVA result was post hoc Tukey test which found that the difference in positive body perception was between ‘never/ very rarely’ and ‘often/ always’ (P = 0·025), the difference in health perception was between ‘very bad/bad’ and ‘very good/good’ (P = 0·015) and the difference in maternal education was between ‘illiterate’ and ‘middle school graduate’ (P = 0·03).