Analysis of Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes of College Students in Zhaoqing University

Randomly selected 902 students were investigated for their nutrition knowledge and attitude through a questionnaire survey.Results of the survey are as follows:comparing the nutrition knowledge scores between boys and girls,the difference of the two is statistically significant(P0.01).From the distribution of the subject,students from the physical training,art and music branches scored the highest,followed by the liberal arts students,science and engineering students scored the lowest,The scoring difference is statistically significant for students from different disciplines.87.14% of students thought that nutrition knowledge is beneficial to health,and 65.96% of students thought that rational diet is beneficial for improving their academic achievement.Thus it can be concluded that college students lack a comprehensive understanding of nutrition knowledge,and their education of such knowledge should be strengthened so as to improve the current situation.