Analysis of the status and influencing factors of delivery food consumption in Wuhan college students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.04.012
- VernacularTitle:武汉大学生外卖食品消费现状及其影响因素分析
- Author:
LEI Yuhua, LI Wenfang, RONG Shuang, LI Tingting, TAN Ting
1
Author Information
1. Medical College, Wuhan University of Science and Technology,Wuhan(430000), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Food habits;
Health education;
Factor analysis,statistical;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(4):524-527
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the current situation of college students’ delivery food consumption and the related factors, and to provide reference for healthy eating behaviors among college students.
Methods:A random cluster sampling was used to select 2 597 student sample of various majors and grades of Wuhan University of Science and Technology. The self-made questionnaire was used to investigate the frequency and causes of college students ordering delivery food, as well as the status of nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior. The Zung Depression Self-rating Scale (SDS) was adopted to measure the mental health status of the students, and height and weight were measured by a unified height and weight scale. Finally, the influencing factors mentioned above and consumption frequency of delivery food was analyzed.
Results:Among the college students,60.0% reported the habit of ordering delivery food; As for the frequency of delivery food consumption, boys were singnificantly higher than girls(OR=1.38), students of first(OR=0.48) and third grade(OR=0.61) were lower than that of fourth grade,the medicine major’s frequency was lower than the science and engineering major’s(OR=0.57), and the art major’s was higher than the science and engineering’s(OR=1.94); The frequency of students who had received relevant health education was lower than the unreceived students’(OR=0.70); Students who had better performance in the nutrition learning attitude, and those who had healthier eatting habits (OR=0.62, 0.49); Students who saving reckoned delivery food as convenient, time and tasty (OR=4.77, 4.82, 2.85); Howver, students’ BMI, the score of depression scale, nutritional knowledge score, knowledge and practical attitude,diet structure score, food packaging, price and nutritional factors showed no significant effect on the frequency of delivery food consumption (P>0.05).
Conclusion:It is common for college students to order delivery food. gender, grade, major, nutrition and health education background, nutritional attitude, eating habits and convenient, time-saving, tasty nature of fast food are the factors influencing the frequency of delivery food consumption.
