Food literacy is a relatively recent concept in nutrition. It has evolved as we have begun to recognise that there are other factors that influence our food behaviours and habits beyond education and knowledge. In simple terms, we do not always ‘do’ what we ‘know’ is correct.
The term food literacy has been used to give more structure to the different areas that will help build an individual towards making better food decisions and changing our ‘knowing’ into ‘doing’.
Food literacy is: