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Food literacy and diet quality in young vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, pescatarians, flexitarians and omnivores.

Synne Groufh-JacobsenChristel LarssonWim Van DaeleClaire MargerisonIsabelle MulkerrinsLale Marie AaslandAnine Christine Medin
Published in: Public health nutrition (2023)
We found moderate levels of food literacy across all dietary practices. The food literacy competencies, general nutrition knowledge, and food skills were associated with higher diet quality in our sample. Omnivores showed both the lowest general nutrition knowledge level and lowest diet quality scores. In contrast, both flexitarians and vegans scored highest on general nutrition knowledge and diet quality scores, despite being one of the less restrictive and one of the strictest plant-based dietary practices, respectively.
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