Survey on Nutrition Knowledge,Attitude and Behavior of Employees in Some Enterprises of Yinchuan City

Objective To ascertain state of nutrition knowledge,attitude and behavior of employees in some enterprises of Yinchuan City,and to provide references for future nutrition education.Methods A totall of 356 subjects from different enterprises in Yinchuan were selected by random cluster sampling.Their knowledge,attitude and behavior about nutrition were investigated by questionnaire.Results The prevalence rate of malnutrition was 3.9%(14 persons)for 356 employees,and rate of overweight and obesity was 33.1%(118 persons)and 11.2%(40 persons)respectively.The pass ratio of nutrition knowledge was 89.0%,and ratio of excellence was 64.3%.Most subjects lacked of better understanding of nutrition knowledge related to some diseases and the Dietary Guide for Chinese Residents.Most of them would like to learn about basic nutrition knowledge and change their nutritional status by diet.But there were some unhealthy dietary behaviors such as not eating breakfast on time(35.1%),taste heavy(40.7%)and often drinking wine in past half year(35.4%).Everyday's consumption of fishery products,bean products,and egg products were low.Conclusion The employees have higher level of knowledge about nutrition and positive nutrition attitude,but there are some unhealthy dietary behaviors and there is large distance between food intake frequency and the Dietary Guide for Chinese Residents.Nutrition education should be strengthened in order to enable them to make rational arrangement for their diet.