Sarah E Roth1, Monique Gill2, Sonia S Puri2, Alec M Chan-Golston3, Catherine M Crespi3, Stephanie L Albert4, Lindsay N Rice2, Michael L Prelip2. 1. Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Drive, 26-071 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095. 2. Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. 3. Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. 4. Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Federal nutrition campaigns are designed to make dietary recommendations accessible but have not been extensively evaluated. This paper explores whether knowledge of nutrition campaigns is associated with dietary behavior among young adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 4,773 middle school students in Southern California. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to assess the association between dietary behaviors and nutrition campaign knowledge, controlling for gender and ethnicity. RESULTS: Knowledge of the Fruit & Veggies-More Matters campaign was associated with increased odds of high fruit and vegetable consumption, knowledge of the MyPlate campaign was associated with neither, and both were associated with increased odds of not consuming soda. CONCLUSION: Overall, low percentages of students demonstrated knowledge of nutrition campaigns, and knowledge was associated with some dietary behaviors. More research is needed to examine the impact of nutrition campaigns while also accounting for other psychosocial and environmental factors that may affect soda, fruit, and vegetable consumption.
BACKGROUND: Federal nutrition campaigns are designed to make dietary recommendations accessible but have not been extensively evaluated. This paper explores whether knowledge of nutrition campaigns is associated with dietary behavior among young adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from 4,773 middle school students in Southern California. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to assess the association between dietary behaviors and nutrition campaign knowledge, controlling for gender and ethnicity. RESULTS: Knowledge of the Fruit & Veggies-More Matters campaign was associated with increased odds of high fruit and vegetable consumption, knowledge of the MyPlate campaign was associated with neither, and both were associated with increased odds of not consuming soda. CONCLUSION: Overall, low percentages of students demonstrated knowledge of nutrition campaigns, and knowledge was associated with some dietary behaviors. More research is needed to examine the impact of nutrition campaigns while also accounting for other psychosocial and environmental factors that may affect soda, fruit, and vegetable consumption.
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Adolescent Health; Diet; Health Promotion; Latinos; Nutrition Policy