...Paulin Natalin Sifra Situmorang; Rachma Purwanti; Ninik Rustanti; Binar Panunggal; Syafira Noor Pratiwi Purpose This paper aims to analyze the relationship between KAP (knowledge, attitudes and practices) of responsive feeding among children aged 24–59 months. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mugdha Deshpande; Neha Kajale; Anagha Pai Raiturker; Sanjay Gupte; Leena Patankar; Anuradha Khadilkar Purpose Poor maternal nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices during pregnancy may lead to adverse outcomes. Therefore, this study aims to longitudinally assess knowledge, attitude...

...Marquitta Webb; Karishma Hema Singh Purpose The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding probiotics among university students. Design/methodology/approach A convenience sample of 422 students (≥18 y) was invited; 393 complete responses...

...Ghazala Sheikh; Nauman Khalid Purpose Poor dietary habits usually develop in the university years when students experience a significant transition in dietary habits. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between nutrition knowledge, eating practices and barriers to healthy...

...Majd Al.Omoush; Mohammed ALBashtawy; Salam Bani Hani; Abeer Aseeri; Zaid ALBashtawy; Sa’ad ALBashtawy; Abdullah Alkhawaldeh; Kamel A. Saleh Purpose This study aims to assess the level of knowledge and practices regarding food safety and handling among Jordanian university students. Design...

...Zeina Akiki; Yara El Haber; Pamela Al Kassir; Fouad Sakr; Michelle Cherfane; Cecile Obeid Purpose This study aims to assess nutrition knowledge (NK) and willingness to seek nutritional counseling (WSNC) and their predictors among university students in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach...

... knowledge for use among consumers, with previous measures limited by questionnaire design features that increase participant burden and burnout and a lack of alignment with current safe food-handling guidelines. The purpose of this study is to develop a safe food-handling knowledge measure to capture...

...Nazlı Nur Aslan Çin; Ayşe Özfer Özçelik Purpose This study aims to determine the level of knowledge about iodine nutrition during pregnancy among pregnant women living in the area of Turkey where goiter is endemic. Design/methodology/approach A total of 150 pregnant women aged between 19...

...Pınar Göbel; Nevin Şanlier; Sine Yilmaz; Onur Toka; Büşra Açikalin; Şule Kocabaş Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the levels of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of consumer. Design/methodology/approach In total, 1,161 volunteers were included in this study...

... consumers’ acceptance. This study aims to assess the student’s awareness regarding GM foods. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted to explore the knowledge and attitude of health sciences university students toward GM foods. Students (n = 400...

...Hadiseh Ebdali; Masoud Sami; Nimah Bahreini; Zahra Esfandiari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the levels of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of food technical assistants (FTAs) working in dairy processing plants (DPPs) with different grades of prerequisite...

...Yaser Khajebishak; Amir Hossein Faghfouri; Ali Molaei; Vahid Rahmani; Samira Amiri; Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi; Laleh Payahoo Purpose This paper aims to investigate the potential relationship between depression, diabetes knowledge and self-care management with quality of life in diabetic patients...

... of education on knowledge, attitude and practices toward food additives. Design/methodology/approach This interventional study was performed by random sampling of 826 employees in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences from January 2018 to March 2019. The knowledge, attitude and practices of the employees...

... with SEC3 (p = 0.03), SEC2 with SEC4 (p = 0.01); c There was a significant difference between groups as SEC1 with SEC3 (p = 0.01), SEC1 with SEC4 (p = 0.02), SEC2 with SEC3 (p = 0.05), SEC2 with SEC4 (p = 0.04) Motivation Socioeconomic status Knowledge Food...

...Sharareh Hekmat; Lindsay Nicole Dawson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate knowledge and attitudes toward genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and nanotechnology among the Canadian youth demographic. The primary objective of this pilot study was to investigate the knowledge...

..., sun exposure knowledge and behaviour and attitudes towards food fortification. The latter group was included to provide a comparison group who were at a reduced risk of deficiency. χ² was used to test associations between categorical variables and the study groups. The second study...

...Richa Soni; Kamna Tank; Nayan Jain Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice about probiotic use among health professionals of Ahmedabad, India. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire was prepared. The questionnaire consisted of 12...

...Suvasish Das Shuvo Purpose The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers about food hygiene and sanitation in biscuit industry of central marketing company in Jessore, Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach A self...

...Robin M. Magalis; Maria Giovanni; Kathryn Silliman Purpose The health benefits of whole grains are well established, yet intake remains below recommendations. Knowledge and familiarity with whole grains may increase short-term intake, but sensory properties can limit consumption. These factors...

...Richa Chaturvedi; Nimali Singh; Reshma Boolchandani; Ram Chandra Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) for coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in businessmen and patients suffering from CHD (30‐60 years), in Jaipur city. Design/methodology...