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Table 5 Pearson correlation of study variables and measure of seeking nutrition Information

From: The relationship between nutrition literacy and nutrition information seeking attitudes and healthy eating patterns among a group of palestinians

Variable

FNL

R2

p-value

INL

R2

p-value

CRL

R2

p-value

efforts to obtain information

0.26

0.003

0.11

0.21

0.11

0.18

Not sure of information credibility

0.19

0.03

-0.03

0.77

-0.02

0.79

hard to understand nutrition information

0.58

0.000

-0.004

0.96

0.06

0.50

no enough information about nutrition in Arabic

0.28

0.001

0.1

0.27

0.12

0.17

takes a lot of time to search for information

0.33

0.000

0.11

0.23

0.06

0.46

Use of source of nutrition information

   

Doctor, nurse, health worker

-0.15

0.08

0.17

0.05

0.11

0.19

Dietitian

-0.20

0.02

0.03

0.70

0.08

0.33

Family

-0.04

0.63

0.03

0.73

0.08

0.33

Friend

-0.08

0.35

0.02

0.84

-0.02

0.83

School Books

-0.17

0.05

0.02

0.84

-0.02

0.83

Newspapers and magazines

-0.12

0.15

-0.07

0.41

0.12

0.14

Internet

0.08

0.38

0.03

0.74

0.03

0.74

TV and Radio

-0.003

0.97

0.05

0.55

0.09

0.27

Government institution

0.02

0.87

0.002

0.98

0.11

0.19

International Organization

-0.31

0.000

-0.10

0.24

0.02

0.83

  1. FNL, functional nutrition literacy, INL, interactive nutrition literacy, CNL, critical nutrition literacy, R2, correlation coefficient, TV, television