Food Label Literacy for Applied Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire

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Characteristics
Domains assessed: Prose: Comprehension
Specific context: Nutrition
Validation sample population age: Children: 0 to 9 years
Modes of administration in validation study: Paper and pencil, Face-to-face

Psychometrics
Number of items: 10
Sample size in validation study: 451
Administration Time (minutes): 15 minutes
Language of validated version: English

Main article reference

Reynolds, J.S., Treu, J.A., Njike, V., Walker, J., Smith, E., Katz, C.S., & Katz, D.L. (2012). The validation of a food label literacy questionnaire for elementary school children. J Nutr Educ Behav, 44(3):262-6.

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Corresponding author
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Jesse Reynolds
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Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, Derby, CT, United States of America
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Description

The Food Label Literacy for Applied Nutrition Knowledge (FLLANK) questionnaire is designed to measure nutrition knowledge based on food label content in school children exposed to the Nutrition Detectives (ND) program. It is a 10- item, self-administered questionnaire designed to assess the ability to make more healthful food choices based on the Nutrition Facts panels and ingredients lists found on food labels. Each test item presents a pair of Nutrition Facts panels and ingredient lists representing the types of food products (breads, crackers, cereals, cereal bars, and cookies) discussed in the ND program.

Year Measure first Published: 2012

About This Measure
Categorical scoring: No
Scoring categories: Percentage score

About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated: United States of America
Content validity: The FLLANK questionnaire was designed by the developers of ND to assess food label literacy in elementary school children exposed to a nutrition knowledge intervention.
Reliability (Cronbach Alpha): 0.77
Reliability notes: Students exposed to the 90-minute Nutrition Detectives program were tested before and after program delivery, at both the initial session and the subsequent booster session. Administrations used to evaluate the instrument’s reliability came from post-tests collected after initial program delivery (test 1) and following the booster session (test 2) delivered 3 months after the initial program delivery. Test-retest reliability of the overall FLLANK scores was assessed with the ICC using a 2-factor mixed-effects model and type consistency between test administrations (test 1 and test 2). Cronbach a did not significantly differ between sex, age category, or grade level subgroups (all P > .05).
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