Fear or security? The role of nutrition literacy on sustainable and balanced dietary adherence.

BMC Public Health · 2025 · PMC12797600 · PMID 41353312

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approached significancep = 0.082so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Food security predicted sustainable preferences (β = 0.097, 95% CI [0.045–0.149], p = 0.001), while the interaction term approached significance (β = 0.051, p = 0.082).

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at the threshold of significancep = 0.082so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The interaction between food security and nutrition literacy revealed a finding at the threshold of significance (β = 0.051, p = 0.082 ), indicating a potential moderating effect (Table 5 ).

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a positive trendno p-value reported

A simple slopes analysis at low (–1 SD), medium (0), and high (+ 1 SD) levels of nutrition literacy confirmed a positive trend.

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at the limit of significanceno p-value reported

Although the term “interaction” remains at the limit of significance, it suggests that nutrition literacy can play a regulatory role.

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