Kristine Deroover1,2,3, Tamara Bucher3, Corneel Vandelanotte4, Hein de Vries1, Mitch J Duncan2. 1. Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. 2. School of Medicine & Public Health, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. 3. School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia. 4. Central Queensland University, School of Health, Medical and Applied Science, Physical Activity Research Group, Appleton Institute, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the direct and indirect effects of sociodemographic/health factors on diet quality through practical nutrition knowledge (PNK) about how to compose a balanced meal. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study using data from an online survey of the 10 000 Steps cohort (data collected November-December 2016). SETTING: Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Adults (n = 8161). Response rate was 16.7%. MEASURES: Self-reported lifestyle, health, and sociodemographic characteristics, including diet quality and PNK. ANALYSIS: The PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to conduct the mediation analyses. RESULTS: Better diet quality was associated with being female, older, more highly educated, and having a lower body mass index. Mediation analysis showed that PNK significantly mediated the associations between sex (a*b = 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.39-0.70) and education (vocational education: a*b = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.12-0.35, university: a*b = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.35-0.64), and diet quality. Practical nutrition knowledge suppressed the association between age and diet quality (a*b = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.04 to -0.03). CONCLUSION: Variations in diet quality between sociodemographic groups were partially explained by differences in PNK, suggesting that focusing public health efforts on increasing this specific knowledge type might be promising.
PURPOSE: To investigate the direct and indirect effects of sociodemographic/health factors on diet quality through practical nutrition knowledge (PNK) about how to compose a balanced meal. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study using data from an online survey of the 10 000 Steps cohort (data collected November-December 2016). SETTING: Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Adults (n = 8161). Response rate was 16.7%. MEASURES: Self-reported lifestyle, health, and sociodemographic characteristics, including diet quality and PNK. ANALYSIS: The PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to conduct the mediation analyses. RESULTS: Better diet quality was associated with being female, older, more highly educated, and having a lower body mass index. Mediation analysis showed that PNK significantly mediated the associations between sex (a*b = 0.54, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.39-0.70) and education (vocational education: a*b = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.12-0.35, university: a*b = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.35-0.64), and diet quality. Practical nutrition knowledge suppressed the association between age and diet quality (a*b = -0.03, 95% CI = -0.04 to -0.03). CONCLUSION: Variations in diet quality between sociodemographic groups were partially explained by differences in PNK, suggesting that focusing public health efforts on increasing this specific knowledge type might be promising.
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