Department of Food Technology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
SusLAND: Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF e. V), Müncheberg, Germany.
Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2020 May;71(3):341-351. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2019.1655533. Epub 2019 Aug 21.
Dietary-related conditions are preventable only if people have better understanding of factors that underpin their dietary choices. A cross-sectional study was carried out to examine levels and gaps of nutrition knowledge and practices (KPs) of 663 mothers/caregivers in rural households of Tanzania. Results indicated that, only 14% of the population had received nutrition education prior to the survey. The mean KP score was 6.9 (±2.6) out of 20 with only 17% of the study population had KP scores above the mean. The average proportion of those who had correct responses above mean was 27% for knowledge and 22% practices. Low coverage of nutrition education and poor participation of men in nutrition education activities were frequently reported as the barriers for adoption of desirable dietary practices at households. The KP levels are far below the recommended FAO thresholds and entail high levels of nutrition illiteracy which call for immediate intervention.
只有当人们更好地了解影响他们饮食选择的因素时，才能预防与饮食相关的疾病。本研究开展了一项横断面研究，以调查坦桑尼亚农村家庭中 663 位母亲/照顾者的营养知识和实践（KPs）水平和差距。结果表明，在调查前仅有 14%的人群接受过营养教育。Kp 评分平均为 20 分中的 6.9（±2.6）分，仅有 17%的研究人群的 Kp 评分高于平均值。在知识方面，平均有 27%的人答对的比例高于平均值，而在实践方面，这一比例为 22%。营养教育覆盖率低和男性参与营养教育活动少经常被报道为家庭中采用理想饮食实践的障碍。Kp 水平远低于粮农组织建议的标准，营养文盲率很高，需要立即干预。
