Improvement of health literacy and intervention measurements among low socio-economic status women: findings from the MyBFF@ home study

SM Cheong, NS Mohamad Nor, MH Ahmad… - BMC women's …, 2018 - Springer
Background Health literacy (HL) consists of different components and associates with
several health outcomes, including obesity. It is linked to an individual's knowledge …

Health literacy in female patients affected by anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a cross-sectional study with pair-matched controls

C Campanino, A Falone, E Rossi, LL Angeletti… - Eating and Weight …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Health Literacy (HL) consists in all the skills and knowledges used by
people to understand and seek health-related information. Inadequate levels of HL …

Interventions to improve health among reproductive-age women of low health literacy: a systematic review

R Vila-Candel, FM Martínez-Arnau… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Limited or low health literacy (HL) has been associated with poor health
outcomes, including inadequate self-caring and preventive behaviors. A few studies have …

Assessment of health literacy with the Newest Vital Sign and its correlation with body mass index in female adolescent students

S Olyani, H Tehrani, H Esmaily, MM Rezaii… - International journal of …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Background One of the significant outcomes of health education is health literacy (HL),
which should be expanded to improve health promotion. Objective The aim of this study was …

Health literacy and body mass index: a population-based study in a South-Eastern European country

E Toçi, G Burazeri, H Kamberi, D Toçi… - Journal of Public …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The relationship of health literacy (HL) with objective measures including
anthropometric measurements remains an under-researched topic to date. Objective To …

Health literacy issues surrounding weight management among African American women: a mixed methods study

DCS James, C Harville, O Efunbumi… - Journal of human …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Individuals with limited health literacy (LHL) have poorer health outcomes and
have difficulty understanding and complying with recommendations to maintain a healthy …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of health literacy on weight loss in obese individuals

ZY AK, H DEMIRCI - Eur Health Lit J, 2021 - ehlj.org
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between health literacy of
obese individuals and their loss of weight following their visit to a dietician. Methods …

The link between health literacy and three conditions of metabolic syndrome: Obesity, diabetes and hypertension

D Tajdar, I Schäfer, D Lühmann… - … and Obesity: Targets …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Health literacy (HL) intervention could be a potential prevention strategy to reduce
the risk of metabolic syndrome (MS), but the association between low HL and MS is …

Evaluating short versions of the European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) for health checkups

A Maie, S Kanekuni, Y Yonekura… - Health Evaluation and …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Objective: The benefit of health literacy (HL) on adopting a healthy lifestyle is well
established and enhancing HL as part of regular health checkups contributes to the …

Primary health care-level interventions targeting health literacy and their effect on weight loss: a systematic review

N Faruqi, C Spooner, C Joshi, J Lloyd, S Dennis… - BMC obesity, 2015 - Springer
Background Enhancing individual's health literacy for weight loss is important in addressing
the increasing burden of chronic disease due to overweight and obesity. We conducted a …