Survey on nutritional knowledge,attitude and practice among the residents living in Taiyuan

Objective To get the message about nutritional knowledge,attitude,practice(KAP)level of Taiyuan community residents and the influencing factors to them,and to provide a basis for nutritional education of community residents.Methods A total of 405 subjects aged above 18 years were elected by nonprobability sampling and investigated by a questionnaire before having a nutrition lecture.Results The passing rates of nutrition knowledge,attitude and practice were 82.1%,95.3%,37.6%,respectively,and the excellent rates were 39.0%,90.1%,14.9%.The subjects knew some common nutrition knowledge,but lacked a better understanding about professional nutrition knowledge and the Dietary Guidelines and the Food Guide Pagoda for Chinese Residents.More than 90% of residents hold a positive manner for improving their illegitimate dietary pattern,and were willing to change unhealthy dietary practices.The dietary pattern did not match the recommended standard of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents.The factors affecting nutrition know-ledge,attitude and practices were mainly age,gender,educational background and occupation.There was relativity among knowledge,attitude and practice.Conclusion Taiyuan community residents lack nutritional knowledge,especially professional knowledge.Illegitimate dietary pattern exist generally.It is extremely necessary to improve the nutritional education for community residents.