Improvement of food literacy on the basis of the association between personality and dietary supplement use among women

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16241
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Eating habits
• Research Institution: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
• Principal Investigator: SATO Yoko 国立研究開発法人医薬基盤・健康・栄養研究所, 国立健康・栄養研究所 国際栄養情報センター, 研究員 (20455421)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 若年女性 / サプリメント / 性格 / リテラシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop the education tool for young women to have the right knowledge about dietary supplements. Therefore, we examined the association of dietary supplement use with the images of dietary supplements, food literacy, dietary intake, and personality traits among young women. As a result, dietary supplement use was associated with the images of dietary supplements and extraversion scores. On the other hand, dietary supplement use was not associated with either food literacy or dietary intake. Furthermore, we found that the images of dietary supplements could be classified into three types.

Free Research Field

食生活