1 Via G. Leopardi 16, 24069 Trescore Balneario, Bergamo, Italy.
2 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, LITA, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate, Milan, Italy.
Public Health Nutr. 2014 Mar;17(3):708-14. doi: 10.1017/S1368980013000311. Epub 2013 Feb 27.
To evaluate general knowledge about nutrition in an Italian population of children, pre-adolescents and adolescents.
Knowledge about nutrition-related items such as healthy eating, breakfast, snacks, fast food, beverages, fruits and vegetables, cereals and tubers, meat/fish/legumes/eggs, milk and dairy products, fats and dressings, and sweets was analysed by means of a self-administered questionnaire (QuesCA IT) containing thirty-one questions, that was translated and adapted from a Swiss version (QuesCA) previously used in Geneva and Vaud.
North of Italy (Bergamo, Milan).
Students (n 614) belonging to two different age groups: 9-11 years (GR1) and 12-16 years (GR2).
Data analysis showed that nutritional knowledge varied in relation to the age of the participants, increasing in particular in the older group, although this difference was not statistically significant for all the considered items. Nutritional knowledge also varied in relation to the gender of the participants, with females in particular seeming to possess better cognition. For each age group there was poor knowledge about the items healthy diet, snacks, milk and dairy products, meat/fish/legumes/eggs, and fats and dressings. Moreover, the percentage of participants who declared own knowledge as insufficient was higher in GR2 compared with GR1.
The present research demonstrates a lack of knowledge about the main concepts of healthy nutrition both in the youngest and oldest participants of the survey. This evidence, together with the presence of higher self-consciousness in GR2, should be taken into account in specific educational interventions during the school period.
评估意大利儿童、青春期前儿童和青少年群体对营养的一般知识。
通过自填式问卷（QuesCA IT）分析与健康饮食、早餐、零食、快餐、饮料、水果和蔬菜、谷物和块茎、肉类/鱼类/豆类/鸡蛋、牛奶和乳制品、脂肪和调味料以及甜食等营养相关项目的知识。该问卷是从之前在日内瓦和沃州使用的瑞士版本（QuesCA）翻译和改编而来。
意大利北部（贝加莫、米兰）。
属于两个不同年龄组的学生（n 614）：9-11 岁（GR1）和 12-16 岁（GR2）。
数据分析表明，营养知识随参与者年龄的变化而变化，特别是在年龄较大的组中增加，尽管对于所有考虑的项目，这种差异在统计学上并不显著。营养知识也与参与者的性别有关，特别是女性似乎具有更好的认知。对于每个年龄组，对健康饮食、零食、牛奶和乳制品、肉类/鱼类/豆类/鸡蛋以及脂肪和调味料等项目的了解都很差。此外，与 GR1 相比，GR2 中声称自己知识不足的参与者比例更高。
本研究表明，调查中最年轻和最年长的参与者对健康营养的主要概念缺乏了解。这一证据，加上 GR2 中更高的自我意识，应在学校期间的特定教育干预中考虑。
