• Nutrition · Oct 2021

    Higher health literacy score is associated with better healthy eating index in Iranian adults.

    • Mahshid Shahavandi, Parivash Ghorbaninejad, Saba Mohammadpour, Farhang Djafari, Hossein Shahinfar, Fatemeh Sheikhhossein, Kurosh Djafarian, and Sakineh Shab-Bidar.
    • Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
    • Nutrition. 2021 Oct 1; 90: 111262.

    ObjectiveAlthough there is some evidence for the importance of health literacy (HL), many health complications and nutrition knowledges such as portion size assessment, knowing the food labels, and choosing the nutrition sources affecting diet quality, data about HL and healthy eating index (HEI) are limited and controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the associations between HL and HEI in adults.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included 261 adults 18 to 65 y of age from five districts of Tehran, Iran. HL was estimated using the Health Literacy for Iranian Adult (HELIA) questionnaire. Dietary intake, sociodemographic data, physical activity, and anthropometric measurements were collected using validated questionnaires. Diet quality was assessed based on HEI-2015 scores using data from a food frequency questionnaire.ResultsDespite components of HEI-2015, the association between HEI-2015 and HL tertiles was significant (P of crude model = 0.007) even after adjustment for possible confounders. Multivariate regression showed a positive relationship between HL and HEI-2015 that was significant before (β = 0.12, P = 0.04) and after controlling for the confounding effect in model 1 (β = 0.14, P = 0.03). Additionally, a positive association between physical activity and HL was shown (β = 0.12, P = 0.03) and finally among the HEI components, only saturated fats were significantly related to HL (β = -0.11, P = 0.01).ConclusionFindings from the present study confirmed a considerable association between HL and HEI and shows HL levels have an important role in adherence to the Iranian Dietary Guidelines.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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