Systematic Review on Health and Food Literacy Relationships

17 studies were synthesized from 1,491 initial records to examine the relationship between health literacy, food literacy, and dietary choices. The review was authored by Eva-Maria Steinke and published on figshare in 2026. It follows the PRISMA 2020 protocol and assesses studies using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Quality Criteria Checklist.

Use Cases

• Analyze associations between health literacy and dietary behavior metrics across reviewed studies.
• Extract data on measurement tools for health, food, and nutritional literacy from the 17 included papers.
• Identify gaps in conceptual frameworks for food literacy based on the review's discussion of multidimensional constructs.

Strengths

• Synthesizes evidence from 17 peer-reviewed studies meeting strict inclusion criteria.
• Follows the standardized PRISMA 2020 protocol for systematic review methodology.
• Assesses study quality using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Quality Criteria Checklist.

Limitations

• Limited to 17 studies, indicating a relatively small evidence base for synthesis.
• High heterogeneity in measurement tools for literacy constructs limits comparability.
• The 32.1 KB file size suggests the document is a summary, not the full underlying dataset.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review of MEDLINE (PubMed) and Scopus databases.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in April 2026.

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