Investigation on Nutrition Knowledge,Attitude and Dietary Behavior among Nursing Students in a Medical Vocational College in 2008

[Objective]To understand nutrition knowledge,attitude and dietary behavior and their relationship in students of Medical Vocational College.[Methods]Investigation was conducted in 272 nursing profession students of a Medical Vocational College in November 2008.[Results]Of the 272 students investigated,their nutrition knowledge obtained from newspapers,magazines and popular science books accounted for 62.13% and 42.65% respectively.Food consumption based on taste and habit accounted for 90.07%,nutritional needs(40.81%) and food prices(52.94%);The score of nutrition knowledge,attitude and dietary behavior was(20.4±2.4),(14.0±2.1) and(10.0±3.2) respectively.The score of nutrition knowledge and attitude among female students was(20.6±2.2),(14.1±2.0),and(19.3±3.2),(12.8±2.9) among male students(P0.01).Multiple liner regression analysis indicated that the score of nutrition knowledge,attitude was high,and the score of dietary behavior was high among the only-child students.[Conclusion]Nursing students of a Medical Vocational College had nutrition knowledge and a positive attitude towards nutrition,but healthy dietary behavior needs to be developed.