Dietary behaviors of and nutritional education for college students
Basing their research object on college students nationwide,the authors carried out sampling by applying a simple random sampling and stratified sampling combined method,mainly selecting grades 1 to 3 male and female college students in normal and comprehensive institutes of higher learning to complete questionnaires under the guidance of the surveying personnel,and revealed the following findings: The overall performance of Chinese college students in the knowledge of nutritional health and dietary behavior is so-so;nearly half of the students have such a dietary conception and habit as to match up nutrition from meat and vegetable,a regular diet,and a correct attitude towards and behavior on nutrients;however,there are some unhealthy dietary behaviors,such as too little intake of main food,not valuing breakfast,picky on food,and unbalanced diet,which are related to the lack of knowledge about nutrition and the level of recognition of knowledge about health.The authors suggested that the contents of nutritional education be added into the physical education curriculum for institutes of higher learning,and that college students acquire knowledge about nutrition from multiple channels,enhance health recognizing ability,and change bad living behaviors,so as to boost the development of college students comprehensively in terms of physical and mental health.