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Objective: To investigate whether food literacy competencies and diet quality vary
between 16-to-24-year-olds vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians, pescatarians, flexitarians and omnivores and to assess whether food literacy is associated with diet
quality.
Design: Cross-sectional study. Food literacy (general nutrition knowledge, critical
nutrition literacy and food skills) and diet quality were measured using an
electronic questionnaire.
Setting: Southern Norway, September 2021 – March 2022.
Participants: Healthy 16–24-year-olds (n 165).
Results: Overall, the mean general nutrition knowledge score was moderate (48·0
out of 67·0); the lowest mean score was found in omnivores and the highest in
flexitarians (45·6 v. 51·5) (P = 0·034). The mean score of critical nutrition literacy
was also moderate (3·7 out of 5·0); vegans showed higher scores compared to
other dietary practices (P = 0·018). No difference was observed in food skills
between the different dietary practices. The overall median diet quality score was
46·0 out of 80·0, lowest in omnivores and highest in vegans (42·0 v. 56·0)
(P =
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