ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF KNOWLEDGE,ATTUTUDE AND BEHAVIOR ON NUTRITION AMONG STUDENTS IN A TECHNICAL COLLEGE

[Objective]To study the knowledge,attitude and behavior on nutrition among students in a technical college,and to provide a basis for developing nutritional health education and diet instruction.[Methods]By questionnaires with KAP questions,the knowledge,attitude and behavior on nutrition,and nutritional status among 603 college students in a technical college were investigated.[Results]College students were lack of nutrition knowledge,and the nutrition knowledge of 92.3% students showed to be in middle and low levels as well as the nutritional behaviors revealed to be a lower level,while which showed to be good attitude about nutrition. The knowledge and attitude about nutrition was increased with grade. The scores of different diet behavior were analyzed by logistic regression analysis,the results showed that:the nutritional attitudes(X1),scores of nutritional knowledge(X2),and and father’s education grade(X3)revealed significant association with diet behaviors. The college students are short of nutritional knowledge and 92.3 percent of them is in middle and low level.[Conclusion]The college students investigated are short of knowledge about nutrition,and with non-scientific diet behaviors,but most of them showed active attitude about nutrition. It is suggestion that nutrition education activities should be implemented and reasonable diet guide should be carried out.