Status on knowledge, attitudes, behavior regarding nutrition and food safety among 4-6 grade students from Chinas' two poverty-stricken counties

VernacularTitle:两个国家级贫困县4～6年级小学生营养与食品安全知信行现状分析
Author: Zhen PENG ¹ ; Fang YANG ; Zhen-Qiu SUN ; Ming-Zhi LI
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1. 中南大学公共卫生学院
Keywords: Nutrition and food safety; Knowledge,attitudes,practice model; Pupils
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2013;34(7):673-676
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigating knowledge,attitudes,current behavior among primary school students on nutrition and food safety in two State-level poverty-stricken counties,and to explore the best educational model on nutrition and food safety.Methods 478 pupils at 4-6 grades were selected,using the method of stratified cluster sampling and questionnairs.Results The average score on knowledge was 18.66 ± 3.75,with the qualified rate as 61.09％ (the highest was 60.6％).The average score in the section of attitude was 5.82 ± 1.50.More than 97％ of the students agreed that it was necessary to receive knowledge on nutrition and food safety.The average score of behavior was 8.52 ± 2.56.Conclusion Rate of awareness on knowledge of nutrition and food safety had greatly improved among the students under study.Their habit tended to be more regular.However,we also noticed the gap between knowledge and behavior on this issue.