Abstract

Pursuing food systems’ sustainability is crucial. Given the risk constituted by unhealthy diets, scarce research on food-related adjacent fields, and inconsistency across food literacy conceptualizations, this study aims to explore the constructs’ definition and develop a conceptual and empirical framework of food literacy. A quantitative approach was taken on previously obtained qualitative outcomes from 30 interviews with experts from food-related fields. Food literacy was defined by a four-dimension model: Cooking Skills, Preserve and Analyse, Choice and Acquisition, Search and Plan. The framework Food Literacy Wheel integrates the construct definition, food literacy determinants (Internal, External) and influential factors (Nutritional, Psychological, Health, Learning Contexts, Policy, Industry, Sustainability, Social and Cultural). Allowing a broader perspective of food literacy within major food systems, this study contributes with new insights for future instruments and interventions, paving the way to develop/implement food literacy-related multi-sectorial and multilevel actions.

摘要

追求食品系统的可持续性至关重要。考虑到不健康饮食，与食物相关的相邻领域的研究稀少以及在食物素养概念化方面存在不一致的情况，本研究旨在探讨结构的定义，并发展食物素养的概念和实证框架。对先前与食品相关领域的专家进行的30次访谈得出的定性结果采用了定量方法。食品素养由四个维度的模型定义：烹饪技能，保存和分析，选择和获取，搜索和计划。“食物扫盲轮”框架整合了结构定义，食物扫盲决定因素（内部，外部）和影响因素（营养，心理，健康，学习环境，政策，行业，可持续性，社会和文化）。