- 期刊
Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude, and behavior of Taiwanese Elementary School Children
臺灣國小學童的營養知識、態度及行為
摘要
本研究為瞭解臺灣國小學童的營養知識、態度、行為現況以及其間的關係。結果顯示，學童的基礎知識尚可，但欠缺營養與疾病，六大類食物每日需要量等知識。學童肯定營養的重要性，但在選食時並不以食物對健康的益處作考量，且大多沒有達到奶類、蔬菜、水果和五穀根莖類的每日建議攝取量。四至六年級學童節制飲食行為情形尚不嚴重，但已有相當比例者因怕胖而採取一些節制行為。約1／4學童經常略餐，尤其是早餐，1／4的4－6年級學童自己準備早餐。營養知識、態度、選食與關心營養行為及飲食品質分數兩兩間皆有顯著正相關。研究顯示學童營養知識、態度及行為間存在落差。建議未來營養教育不僅需教導學童食物的需要量，也需利用適當理論來提昇其實踐健康飲食行為的動機。
並列摘要
The purpose of this study is to understand nutrition knowledge, attitude, and behavior in Taiwanese elementary school children, and the relationship of these various components. The results indicated that children’s knowledge was fair in nutrition basics, but poor in 'the physiological function of nutrients', 'relationships between diet/nutrients and disease', and 'the daily serving requirement for different food groups'. Children in general valued the importance of nutrition, but they did not concern the health benefit of foods in food selections. Their dietary quality was not satisfactory, and the diet of most children did not meet the recommended serving requirements for milk, vegetable, fruit, and cereals and grains groups. Positive relationships were found among nutrition knowledge, attitude, caring- about-nutrition behavior and dietary quality score. The restraint or disinhibited eating behavior of 4^th to 6^th graders was not serious, but a large number of children already performed some selfcontrolling practices to avoid obesity, but not frequently. One fourth of the students skipped meals, especially breakfast, and one quarter of 4^th to 6^th graders prepared their own breakfast; which may have some impact on children’s diet quality. A gap was found between nutrition knowledge, attitude and eating behavior, especially vegetable and fruit consumption, indicating that the attitude toward eating for health was not strong in this age group. Future nutrition education for school children should not only include food serving requirements of food groups, but also apply appropriate theories to improve the motivation for healthy eating.