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Demographic factors including gender, age, education level, and employment status significantly predict nutrition knowledge levels, with females, older adults, those with tertiary education, and employed individuals scoring higher.
Your background—gender, age, education, and job status—can influence how much you know about nutrition. If you fall into a group with lower average knowledge (e.g., younger, less educated, unemployed), seek out targeted, clear nutrition information rather than assuming you know enough or that it's not for you.
multiple regression analysis confirmed the significant independent effects of gender, age, highest level of education and employment status on nutrition knowledge level (P < 0.01 level).
Why this rating
Cross-sectional study with a non-representative sample (biased towards females and volunteers).
Source
Exploring nutrition knowledge and the demographic variation in knowledge levels in an Australian community sample
Gillian Anne Hendrie et al. · Public Health Nutrition · 2008
DOI 10.1017/s1368980008003042
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