Objective@#To understand the current situation and impacts of
household factors on of unhealthy
dietary habits among
preschool children, and to provide reference for preventing the occurrence of unhealthy
dietary habits of
preschool children.@*
Methods@#By using stratified random
cluster sampling method, the study selected 1 070
children aged 3-6 years in 7 kindergartens in Urumqi.
Household general information ,
children’s dietary
behavior and
parenting environment was collected through
parent questionnaire survey.@*Results@#The
prevalence rate of unhealthy
dietary habits among
preschool children was 32.71%. Multifactor
Logistic regression analysis showed that the unhealthy
dietary habits of
preschool children were negatively correlated to the following factors, including age of
children [β=-0.32, 95%CI=(0.62,0.86)] ,
gender[β=-0.33,95%CI=(0.53,0.97)],
educational level of
mothers [β=0.94, 95%CI=(1.79,3.68)] , type of fanmily [β=0.64, 95%CI=(1.414,2.522)] and the scores of social adaptation/
selfcare and environmental
atmosphere in the
family nurturing
environment [β=-0.07, 95%CI=(0.90,0.97); β=-0.21, 95%CI=(0.76,0.87)].@*Conclusion@#The cultivation of the
dietary habits should pay more
attention on younger
children and
boys, and the enhancement of
health education on the
children’s
eating behaviors among
mothers with lower
education background and the primary
child caregivers in the
stem family.
Family nurturing
environment should be actively improved, in order to prevent the occurrence of
children’s unhealthy
dietary habits.