Evaluation of nutrition literacy and nutrition knowledge level in nursing students: a study from Turkey

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Table 4 Evaluation of nutrition knowledge level and nutrition literacy status according to some parameters

Variables	Nutrition knowledge level	p value	Nutrition literacy	p value
Gender
Female	56.4 ± 6.8	0.148^a	28.8 ± 4.2	0.073^a
Male	57.7 ± 6.9	0.148^a	27.6 ± 5.2	0.073^a
Studying in grade
1st grade	57.2 ± 6.5	0.162	28.9 ± 3.9	0.247
2nd grade	56.2 ± 7.5		27.7 ± 5.3
3rd grade	55.7 ± 6.4		29.3 ± 3.6
4th grade	58.0 ± 6.1		29.2 ± 3.3
Take a nutrition course
Yes	57.7 ± 7.1	0.143^a	29.0 ± 3.8	0.399^a
No	56.2 ± 6.7	0.143^a	28.5 ± 4.6	0.399^a
Body mass index (kg/m²)
Underweight	55.9 ± 7.1	0.640	29.2 ± 2.5	0.124
Healthy weight	56.9 ± 6.9		28.3 ± 4.7
Overweight	55.9 ± 6.2		29.6 ± 4.6
Obese	56.6 ± 6.5		29.7 ± 2.0

^aMann-Withney U test, otherwise data expressed as Kruskal Wallis test, *Significant at p < 0.05

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