Status of pupils' nutritional knowledge and dietary behavior in Yanbian area

Objective In order to provide evidence for efficient implementation of nutrition and health education,the main goal for this paper is grasping the status of pupils' knowledge,attitude and dietary behavior from Yanbian. Methods A total of 720 students of grade four were selected from Yanji,Wangqing and Antu City with purposive sampling method. All the students were asked to complete the questionnaire. Results The scores of pupils' knowledge,attitude and dietary behavior from Yanbian were( 9. 12 ± 1. 95),( 46. 32 ± 5. 35) and( 20. 68 ± 2. 36),which indicated that pupils with good condition accounted for 10. 6%,12. 4% and 42. 2%. Knowledge of nutrition was irrelevant to one's dietary behavior,but negative correlation with traffic tools. Attitude of nutrition,gender,family economic status and spare time arrangement were correlated with dietary behavior( P 0. 05). Conclusion The low level of nutrition knowledge,non-positive attitude to the importance of nutrition,poor dietary behavior are represented. Therefore,it is essential to consider a long-term and effective education.