Nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and dietary practices among parents of children and adolescents in Weifang, China: A cross-sectional study

Autor: Lirong Ma, Huasheng Xu, Zhuoran Zhang, Liyang Li, Zhijuan Lin, Hao Qin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 102396- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-3355
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102396
Popis: Parent’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and dietary practices (KAP) play imperative roles in preventing malnutrition for themselves and their children. Our study aimed to determine the status and contributing factors of nutrition KAP among parents of children and adolescents. A total of 1746 parents (mean age 39.67 ± 5.38 years, females accounting for 69.82%) of primary and junior high school students in Weifang, China, completed a self-reported KAP questionnaire in August 2021. An analysis of Pearson product-moment correlation was conducted to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Chi-square test, followed by a multivariable robust Poisson regression analysis, was performed to identify the contributing factors to parents’ KAP. A 65.94% awareness rate of nutritional knowledge was observed. The correlations between nutrition knowledge and attitudes (r = 0.03, P = 0.23), knowledge and practices (r = 0.02, P = 0.34), and attitudes and practices (r = 0.16, P
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