Editorial
Food Literacy of Adolescents as a Predictor of Their Healthy Eating and Dietary Quality
Louisa Ming Yan Chung*Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- *Corresponding Author:
- Louisa Ming Yan Chung
Department of Health and Physical Education
The Education University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Tel: 852-29488584
E-mail: chungmy@eduhk.hk
Received date: June 20, 2017; Accepted date: June 20, 2017; Published date: June 25, 2017
Citation: Chung LMY (2017) Food Literacy of Adolescents as a Predictor of Their Healthy Eating and Dietary Quality. J Child Adolesc Behav 5: e117. doi: 10.4172/2375-4494.1000e117
Copyright: © 2017 Chung LMY. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Food literacy has newly emerged to connect food-related knowledge and skills to healthy diets. The promotion of it is important to protect adolescents as they eat too many low-nutrient, high-energy foods. Although the components of food literacy have been derived from studies on young people, a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess food literacy and promotion strategies with all components of food literacy has yet to be developed