Comparing food literacy by grade, sex, and food education exposure: construct validation of the food literacy BITE scale (opens in new tab)

BackgroundFood literacy provides a framework for understanding dietary behaviors in children and can inform priorities for and evaluate the effectiveness of food education interventions. The 4-dimension Food Literacy BITE scale is built on a child-centered food literacy framework and has been structurally validated in U.S. elementary schoolchildren. We conducted additional validity testing to assess the tool’s generalizability, ability to differentiate mean food literacy by grade, sex, and fo...