Association between the dietary literacy of children's daily diet providers and school-age children's nutritional status and eating behaviours: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Comparison of partial nutritional status of children in different dietary literacy groups

Dietary literacy	N (%)	Body fat percentage^a			BMI^b			Haemoglobin^c
Dietary literacy	N (%)	Normal	High	Low	Normal	Wasting	Overweight or obesity	Normal	Deficiency
Attitude
Low score < 13	233(22.3)	109	63	61	147	21	65	219	14(6.0)
Moderate score 13–17	652(62.5)	327	166	159	483	31	138	590	62(9.5)
High score > 17	158(15.2)	79	35	44	103	14	41	142	16(10.1)
χ²		2.00			14.29			3.01
p		.735			.006			.222
Behaviour
Low score < 13	246(23.6)	116	66	64	178	12	56	226	20(8.1)
Moderate score 13–18	610(58.5)	306	153	151	432	39	139	554	56(9.2)
High score > 18	187(17.9)	93	45	49	123	15	49	171	16(8.6)
χ²		0.86			3.15			0.26
p		.930			.532			.878
Skill
Low score < 16	222(21.3)	109	58	55	157	17	48	202	20(9.0)
Moderate score 16–22	605(58.0)	290	162	153	420	40	145	551	54(8.9)
High score > 22	216(20.7)	116	44	56	156	9	51	198	18(8.3)
χ²		3.79			2.87			0.08
p		.435			.581			.960
Environment
Low score < 12	251(24.1)	121	65	65	183	16	52	228	23(9.2)
Moderate score 12–16	614(58.9)	294	160	160	429	39	146	557	57(9.3)
High score > 16	178(17.0)	100	39	39	121	11	46	166	12(6.7)
χ²		3.98			1.67			1.16
p		.409			.797			.561
Total score
Low score < 55	258(24.7)	125	66	67	183	16	59	236	22(8.5)
Moderate score 55–70	550(52.7)	261	153	136	393	39	118	500	50(9.1)
High score > 70	235(22.6)	129	45	61	157	11	67	215	20(8.5)
χ²		6.96			5.59			0.11
p		.138			.232			.949

^aP₂₅-P₇₅ was used as normal group, < P₂₅ as low body fat group, > P₇₅ as high body fat group; ^bDetailed BMI classification was shown in Supplemental Table 2; ^cHB < 115 g/L in children aged 5 to 11 and Hb < 120 g/L in children older than 11 were considered as deficiency

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