Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Application/function, Comprehension, Conceptual Knowledge
Specific context:
Food Literacy, Nutrition
Validation sample population age:
Adolescents: 10 to 17 years
Modes of administration in validation study
:
Face-to-face
Assessment:
Self-reported
Psychometrics
Number of items:
22
Sample size in validation study:
440
Language of validated version:
Arabic
Main article reference
Obeid, S., Hallit, S., Fekih-Romdhane, F., Sacre, Y., Hokayem, M., Saeidi, A., Sabbah, L., Tzenios, N., & Hoteit, M. (2025). Validating the Arabic Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS): A Reliable Tool for Measuring Nutrition Literacy. Nutrients, 17(15), 2457. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17152457
Corresponding author
Maha Hoteit
Description
22-item scale covering 3 dimensions: interactive nutrition literacy, critical nutrition literacy, functional nutrition literacy
Year Measure first Published: 2025
About This Measure
Categorical scoring:
Yes
Scoring categories:
Five-point Likert scale:1: strongly disagree2: disagree3: undecided4: agree5: strongly agree
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Lebanon
Content validity:
Scale translated foward and backward from English to Turkish; pilot study of 30 participants to confirm clarify of measure
Criterion validity:
Previously validated child food security questionnaire administered concurrently with ANLS; Functional nutritional literacy subscale of ANLS aligns with criterion of questionnaire
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha):
0.8
