Nutrition knowledge of a sample of university-employed men

Abstract

We administered to 100 randomly selected men employed at a large midwestern university a test to determine their level of nutrition knowledge and its relationship to age, educational level, and participation in three food-related activities. The subjects scored 65% on a true-false test with 280 items in 46 clusters. Correlation coefficients of test scores and the above variables were not significant. Item scores indicated subjects had more knowledge about general nutrition and limited knowledge about sources and functions of specific nutrients. To a separate set of questions, subjects said their major sources of nutrition information were newspapers or magazines and other family members whereas preferred sources were various mass media. Two-thirds said they “would like to know more about nutrition.”