Nutrition Literacy of Middle School Students and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chongqing, China

• DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.807526
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15T08:16:23Z
• Authors: Mao Zeng; Yuzhao Zhu; Zhengjie Cai; Jinli Xian; Shengping Li; Tiankun Wang; Zumin Shi; Manoj Sharma; Yong Zhao
• Keywords: Nutrition Education; Cross-sectional study

Nutrition literacy plays an important role in children's dietary habits and nutrition. This study aimed to analyse the status of nutrition its influencing factors amongst middle school students Chongqing, China. “Nutrition scale for Chongqing” was used 29 districts Chongqing September 2020. The scores its' three sub-domains (functional, interactive critical literacy) were divided into low high groups based on their median scores. Binary logistic regression measure literacy. A total 18,660 included this study. 61.68 (IQR = 14.37). Interactive had highest score (median 70.00, IQR 20.00), followed by functional 68.69, 14.14) 45.83, 25.00). Students who minority (OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.637–0.785), senior 0.51, 0.477–0.548), rural areas 0.85, 0.790–0.911), receiving meal support from government 0.63, 0.591–0.664), with other caregivers' parenting 0.86, 0.805–0.914), parents having a level education abnormal BMI [thin 0.91, 0.837–0.990), overweight 0.87, 0.785–0.968), obese 0.83, 0.767–0.902)] presented less probability being Our results could assist public health authorities developing strategies promotion references theoretical foundations.