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.
Highlights
Healthy dietary behavior was helpful in reducing the disease incidence of children and middle school students and improving their living quality in adulthood (Zhou et al, 2009a, 2009b; Li and Han, 2010; Wang et al, 2012; Tian, 2010)
If we analyze from the angle of national diet and nutrition and health survey data, the trend of insufficient intake of vitamin and mineral substance existed among the middle school students at the age of 13-17 and there was a severe phenomenon that middle school students always ate fried food and sweet drinks and they don't like eating meals, especially the breakfast
Many studies reported (Hung, 1994; Huang, 2011; Huang and Chen, 1999; Story et al, 2002) that the food preference, gender, age, body mass index, nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitude and nutrition belief are the main factors influencing the dietary behavior of middle school students
Summary
Healthy dietary behavior was helpful in reducing the disease incidence of children and middle school students and improving their living quality in adulthood (Zhou et al, 2009a, 2009b; Li and Han, 2010; Wang et al, 2012; Tian, 2010). Many studies reported (Hung, 1994; Huang, 2011; Huang and Chen, 1999; Story et al, 2002) that the food preference, gender, age, body mass index, nutrition knowledge, nutrition attitude and nutrition belief are the main factors influencing the dietary behavior of middle school students. For family was the main supplier of the food in a great amount of middle school students, the socioeconomic status of family, dietary behavior of family members, communication among family members and the control of the diet of children from parents would influence the dietary behavior of middle school students as well (NeumarkSztainer et al, 1998). The study aims to provide important method direction for the dietary behavior of middle school students by conducting investigation and survey to the influencing factors of nutrition knowledge, attitude and behavior with the middle school students in Southwest China as the objects
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