School of Food Science, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan 528458, China.
School of Public Health, Wannan Medical University, Wuhu 241001, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014 Jun 30;11(7):6780-90. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110706780.
A community-based intervention study was conducted to assess a nutrition education intervention on western style fast food consumption among Chinese children and parents. Eight kindergartens from three district areas of Hefei City (a total of 1252 children aged 4-6 years and their parents) were randomly selected. Descriptive and analytical statistical methods were used to evaluate the baseline, midterm, and final western style fast food knowledge, attitude, and practice in both parents and children were used to identify and compare the knowledge, attitude, and practice in the parents and children. Parents and children were divided into "intervention" and "control" groups based on nutrition education status. Consumption of western style fast food at breakfast in Chinese children and parents is not high. The main reasons for this in children is that consumption of western style fast food is not viewed as "food", but rather as a "gift" or "interesting". The time of children's consumption of western style fast food is mostly likely to be in the weekends. The nutrition education modified the parents' western style fast food behavior (p < 0.01), although it did not change significantly in children. The healthy nutrition concept should be built up among Chinese, especially in children. Insights from the families provide leads for future research and ideas for the nutrition education.
一项基于社区的干预研究旨在评估针对中西方快餐消费的营养教育干预对中国儿童和家长的影响。从合肥市三个区的 8 所幼儿园（共 1252 名 4-6 岁儿童及其家长）中随机抽取样本。采用描述性和分析性统计方法，评估基线、中期和终期儿童和家长的西方快餐知识、态度和实践，以识别和比较家长和儿童的知识、态度和实践。根据营养教育状况，将父母和儿童分为“干预”和“对照”组。中国儿童和家长早餐西式快餐消费不高。造成这种情况的主要原因是，儿童认为西式快餐不是“食物”，而是“礼物”或“有趣”。儿童食用西式快餐的时间主要集中在周末。营养教育改变了家长的西式快餐行为（p < 0.01），但对儿童的影响不显著。应该在中国建立健康的营养观念，尤其是在儿童中。家庭的观点为未来的研究和营养教育提供了线索。
