title: Prompted awareness and use of Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide: a population-based study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about the awareness of Canada's Food Guide (CFG). The present study aimed to report the general and specific awareness of CFG recommendations among adults in Alberta, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this cross-sectional study, respondents (aged >18 years) from randomly selected households completed a telephone survey. Questions pertaining to CFG, physical activity, and vegetable and fruit consumption were included. Logistic regression determined associations between demographic characteristics and awareness of CFG.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thousand two hundred and ten Albertans (50% female, mean age 50.5 years) responded. Most [86.5%; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 84.6-88.4] indicated being generally aware of CFG when prompted and 82.5% were aware of specific CFG recommendations. There were no differences in age between those generally aware and unaware of CFG. Female sex [odds ratio (OR) = 3.6; 95%CI = 24-5.4], Caucasian ethnicity (OR = 3.7; 95% CI = 2.3-5.8), income ≥ Canadian $100 000 per annum (OR = 1.6; 95% CI = 1.1-2.3), reporting ≥5 vegetables and fruit per day (OR = 2.1; 95% CI = 1.4-3.2), exceeding recommended levels for physical activity (OR = 2.0; 95% CI = 1.3-2.9) and perception of current weight as healthy (OR = 1.8; 95% CI = 1.2-2.8) were associated with an awareness of CFG.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sex, ethnicity and income were associated with general awareness of CFG. Future studies could explore the relationship between awareness and other health-related behaviours.
authors.affiliation: Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mathe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van der Meer
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Agborsangaya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Loitz
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000416:Alberta; D001835:Body Weight; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004435:Eating / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005638:Fruit; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D014675:Vegetables; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Canada's Food Guide; awareness; use