The Program Improved Veterinary Medical Students' Perceived Ability to Buy, Cook, and Eat Healthy Foods.

College students are challenged to consume healthy diets, and veterinary medical students may also have difficulty achieving optimal dietary intake, yet improved well-being is associated with following healthy dietary patterns. Individuals with food literacy-the inter-related knowledge, skills, and behaviors to plan and manage, select, prepare, and eat healthy foods-are better able to meet dietary recommendations. The program developed and tested a nutrition education/culinary skill-building program to build first- and second-year veterinary medicine students' food literacy and healthy behaviors toward food.

Psychometric Analyses of the Eating and Food Literacy Behaviors Questionnaire with University Students.

Objectives: This study developed and validated a questionnaire to measure young adults' perceived food literacy and behaviors toward food and created an explanatory model.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Large southeastern US university.