Pupils' Dietary Behavior of Meals and Snacks and Its Influencing Factors——Based on Questionnaire Survey in Primary Schools in Rural Area of Hunan Province

TAN Tian;PENG Ya-la;School of Agriculture Economics and Rural Development,Renmin University of China;

meal;;snack;;dietary behavior;;rural area;;pupil;;influencing factor

[Objective]To investigate eating behavior of meals and snacks of primary school students in rural area of Hunan province and its influencing factors.[Method]Totally 425 pupils of Grade 3~6 in rural areas in Hunan province were randomly selected to answer some questionnaires,and empirical analysis were used.[Result]Habit of not breakfast eating was still common among some students,milk and eggs were inadequate intake,most students liked pickled food and fried food,other bad eating habits such as inadequate water drinking were also universal,many students prefered to eat "limit consumption" category snack,most pupils used to buy cheap and low-quality snacks,and neglect checking the packaging information,then the result showed that some students got food poisoning due to consumption of low-quality snacks such as ice creams.According to Logistic regression,students' gender,age,boarders or not,left-behind or not,family size,the number of children in their home,whether eating snack instead of dinner or not,whether eating snacks while watching TV,snacking frequency,snacks Price,cognitive levels on dietary nutrition and food safety,parents' guidance on food safety and nutrition,significantly affected investigated children's dietary behavior of meals and snacks.[Conclusion]Parents should strengthen the guidance of dietary behavior and food safety knowledge for children,schools should actively carry out nutrition education for students,food safety and nutrition should be general education courses for college students so as to cultivate more professional staff.