Associations between socio-demographics, nutrition knowledge, nutrition competencies and attitudes in community-dwelling healthy older adults in Singapore: findings from the SHIELD study

• Main Authors: Rebecca Hui San Ong (Author), Wai Leng Chow (Author), Magdalin Cheong (Author), Gladys Huiyun Lim (Author), Weiyi Xie (Author), Geraldine Baggs (Author), Dieu Thi Thu Huynh (Author), Hong Choon Oh (Author), Choon How How (Author), Ngiap-Chuan Tan (Author), Siew Ling Tey (Author), Samuel Teong Huang Chew (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nutrition literacy refers to an individual's knowledge, motivation and competencies to access, process and understand nutrition information to make nutrition-related decisions. It is known to influence dietary habits of individuals including older adults. This cross-sectiona...