Saeidlou Sakineh Nouri, Babaei Fariba, Ayremlou Parvin
Food and Beverage Safety Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran.
Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia, Iran.
Maedica (Bucur). 2016 Dec;11(4):286-295.
Nutritional factors have an important role in the incidence of non-communicable diseases and they are strong predictors of cardiovascular risk among adolescents. This study was conducted to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of urban and rural households towards the principles of nutrition in West Azerbaijan Province.
This cross sectional population based study was conducted among 455 urban and rural households. The sampling method at households' level in each area was the single stage cluster sampling. Data were collected by a structured questionnaire and through the interview with the eligible subject in each household. Analyses were performed using SPSS 20 statistical software. For qualitative data, results were presented as frequency and percentage.
Out of a total of 455 households that were selected as overall sample size, 272 (59.8%) were in urban areas and 183 (40.2%) in rural areas. More than 50% of the households in both urban and rural areas were aware of food groups. More than 40% of the households in both urban and rural areas knew about the roles of food groups and the level of knowledge most frequently encountered was about the role of milk and dairy group in urban areas (88.6%). Vitamin intake associated with the role of fruits (68%) and vegetables (62.5%) had the highest frequency. Most of the respondents declared that they consumed certain foods for their effects related to health improvement and disease prevention. The results showed that 45.2-99.8% of them had favorable attitudes. Most of the households consumed red meat, poultry, egg and legumes weekly, whereas fish was eaten rarely. Fruits, vegetables, sugar and dairy were consumed daily in most of the households.
Higher nutrition knowledge is associated with better practice and diet quality. Our findings suggest that nutrition education should be integrated in a household training program.
营养因素在非传染性疾病的发生中起着重要作用，并且是青少年心血管风险的有力预测指标。本研究旨在评估西阿塞拜疆省城乡家庭对营养原则的知识、态度和实践情况。
本基于人群的横断面研究在455户城乡家庭中进行。每个地区家庭层面的抽样方法为单阶段整群抽样。通过结构化问卷并与每户符合条件的受试者进行访谈来收集数据。使用SPSS 20统计软件进行分析。对于定性数据，结果以频率和百分比表示。
在总共455户被选为总体样本量的家庭中，272户（59.8%）在城市地区，183户（40.2%）在农村地区。城乡超过50%的家庭知晓食物类别。城乡超过40%的家庭了解食物类别的作用，城市地区最常遇到的知识水平是关于牛奶和乳制品类别的作用（88.6%）。与水果（68%）和蔬菜（62.5%）作用相关的维生素摄入量频率最高。大多数受访者表示他们食用某些食物是为了其与改善健康和预防疾病相关的功效。结果显示，其中45.2 - 99.8%的人态度良好。大多数家庭每周食用红肉、家禽、鸡蛋和豆类，而很少吃鱼。大多数家庭每天食用水果、蔬菜、糖和乳制品。
更高的营养知识与更好的实践和饮食质量相关。我们的研究结果表明，营养教育应纳入家庭培训计划。
