Nutritional Knowledge and Skills of Fast-food Takeout Practitioners in Chengdu City.
10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.12622
- Author:
Xue Mei DAI
1
;
Xi ZHANG
1
;
Jing ZHOU
1
;
Xiao Xia DUAN
1
;
Yu Ting LIAO
1
;
Liu Qing YAN
1
;
Yu Yang GAO
1
;
Fu Rang HOU
1
;
Ping YUAN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,West China School of Public Health and West China, Fourth Hospital,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610041,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
fast-food;
nutritional knowledge;
skills;
takeout practitioners
- MeSH:
Adult;
Feeding Behavior;
Humans;
Nutritional Status;
Restaurants;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
2021;43(1):69-76
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status of nutritional knowledge and skills of fast-food takeout practitioners in Chengdu City,so as to provide evidence for nutritional literacy education among takeout practitioners.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 832 employees of fast-food takeout restaurants in Chengdu from April to September in 2019 through a multi-stage random sampling strategy.Results The awareness rate of nutritional knowledge of fast-food takeout practitioners in Chengdu was 77.28%,and the correct rates of answers to daily oil intake for adults,daily drinking water for adults and daily salt intake for adults in the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents were respectively 17.43%,22.60% and 25.36%.In addition,the proportion of practitioners with the ability to estimate the recommended intake of food for a meal,the ability to estimate condiments intake and the ability to interpret nutrition labels were 8.77%,8.77% and 15.02%,respectively.The awareness rate of nutritional knowledge was the lowest(71.47%)in the practitioners aged≤25 and the highest(84.53%)in those aged 26-39,and the difference was statistically significant(χ
