Knowledge about dietary fibre: a fibre study framework.
The objective of this work was to study the degree of knowledge about dietary fibre (DF), as influenced by factors such as gender, level of education, living environment or country. For this, a descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken on a non-probabilistic sample of 6010 participants from 10 countries in different continents (Europe, Africa and America). The results showed that the participants revealed on average a positive but still low global level of knowledge, which alerts for the need to take some actions to further inform the population about DF and its role as a component of a healthy diet. The results also indicated differences between genders, levels of education, living environments and countries. The highest level of knowledge was revealed by the participants from female gender, with higher education and living in urban areas. Concerning the country, the best informed were the participants from Romania, followed by those from Portugal and Turkey while the least informed were from Egypt.
a CI&DETS, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Viseu , Portugal ;
Raquel P F
RP
Guiné
a CI&DETS, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Viseu , Portugal ;
Manuela
M
Ferreira
a CI&DETS, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Viseu , Portugal ;
Paula
P
Correia
a CI&DETS, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu , Viseu , Portugal ;
João
J
Duarte
b Faculty of Health Sciences , Maimonides University , Maimonides , Argentina ;
Marcela
M
Leal
c Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia ;
Ivana
I
Rumbak
c Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia ;
Irena C
IC
Barić
c Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia ;
Drazenka
D
Komes
c Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology , University of Zagreb , Zagreb , Croatia ;
Zvonimir
Z
Satalić
d Department of Health Studies , University of Zadar , Zadar , Croatia ;
Marijana M
MM
Sarić
e University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Tirgu-Mures , Tirgu-Mures , Romania ;
Monica
M
Tarcea
e University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Tirgu-Mures , Tirgu-Mures , Romania ;
Zita
Z
Fazakas
f Public Health Institute, Centre for Public Health , Tetovo , Macedonia ;
Dijana
D
Jovanoska
f Public Health Institute, Centre for Public Health , Tetovo , Macedonia ;
Dragoljub
D
Vanevski
g Department of Food Science , University of Parma , Parma , Italy ;
Elena
E
Vittadini
g Department of Food Science , University of Parma , Parma , Italy ;
Nicoletta
N
Pellegrini
h National Agricultural R&I Centre - Food Science Research Institute , Budapest , Hungary ;
Viktória
V
Szűcs
h National Agricultural R&I Centre - Food Science Research Institute , Budapest , Hungary ;
Júlia
J
Harangozó
i Genetic Engineering Institute , University of Sadat City , Sadat , Egypt ;
Ayman
A
El-Kenawy
j Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts , Menofiya University , Menofiya , Egypt ;
Omnia
O
El-Shenawy
k Department of Food Engineering , Abant İzzet Baysal University , Abant , Turkey ;
Erkan
E
Yalçın
k Department of Food Engineering , Abant İzzet Baysal University , Abant , Turkey ;
Cem
C
Kösemeci
l LUA Latvia University of Agriculture , Jelgava , Latvia.
Dace
D
Klava
l LUA Latvia University of Agriculture , Jelgava , Latvia.
Evita
E
Straumite
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
Dietary fibre; fibre-rich foods; knowledge; sources of fibre; survey