Nutritional status and behavior change trend of school-age children / 公共卫生与预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the nutritional status and behavior of school-age children. Methods In this study, a descriptive study was conducted on 1950 children who underwent physical examination from January to December 2019. There were 955 males, 995 females, 320 7-year-old children, 311 8-year-old children, 333 9-year-old children, 295 10-year-old children, 277 children in 11-year-old group and 414 children in 12-year-old group. Results The malnutrition rate of male was significantly lower than that of female (χ2=14.581, P=0.002); the nutritional status of students of different age groups was statistically significant (χ2=95.265, P=0.000), and the malnutrition status of students aged 10 and 11 was higher than that of other age groups; the difference of picky eating, food response, food preference, drink craving and emotional overeating of students of different ages was found With the increase of age, students' scores of satiety response, slow eating and emotional diet decreased significantly; the differences of over satiety response, slow eating, picky eating, food response, emotional diet reduction and emotional overeating of different genders were significantly higher than those of female patients. Conclusion It is suggested that for school-age children aged 10-11, strengthening nutritional intervention and shaping good eating habits are of positive significance for improving the nutritional status of students.