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Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior and Influencing Factors of Secondary School Students in Southwest China

1, 2Pingping Yan, 1, 2Jiong Luo, 1, 2Xun Sun, 1, 2Tingran Zhang, 1, 2Chunli Qin and 1, 2Jixiang Song
1College of Physical Education, Southwest University,
2Physical Fitness Evaluations and Motor Functions Monitoring Key Laboratory of General Administration of Sport of China, Chongqing, 400715, China
Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology  2016  4:286-292
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/ajfst.11.2412  |  © The Author(s) 2016
Received: August ‎24, ‎2015  |  Accepted: ‎September ‎14, ‎2015  |  Published: June 05, 2016

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nutrition knowledge, attitude, behavior and influencing factor of middle school student in Southwest China. A questionnaire survey have been conducted on the nutrient knowledge, attitude, behavior of subjects in middle school students and high school students of Southwest Chongqing and process the data in the methods of descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation and linear regression, etc. The results indicated that the scores of middle school students' nutrition knowledge, attitude, behavior were low, except that the response of nutrition attitude was positive, the responses of nutrition knowledge and nutrition behavior were negative; Except that there was no gender difference in nutrition knowledge, there were obvious gender difference in nutrition attitude and behavior, which showed that nutrition attitude and behavior were better than that of boys; the nutrition knowledge and attitude of middle school students were influenced by gender, Grade, school position and nutrition related Grades, besides, the former one was influenced by the special influence of the living status of students and the latter one was influenced by the special influence of BMI and family communication; except the influences of gender, grade, school position, nutrition related grades, family economy, family management and control, family communication, the nutrition behavior of middle school students were also influenced by the nutrition attitude of teenagers. The conclusion was drawn that the nutrition related knowledge aimed to improve the dietary behavior of middle school students, it is required to highlight the attitude of the overall school system. In addition, family should play a positive role in improving the relationships among children.

Keywords:

Family communication, family discipline, nutrient attitude, nutrient behavior, nutrient knowledge,


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