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TL;DR
This cross-sectional study surveyed parents of school-aged children in Weifang, China, and found that 43.59% lacked nutrition knowledge, with knowledge and attitudes not fully translating into dietary practices.
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This cross-sectional study surveyed parents of school-aged children in Weifang, China, and found that 43.59% lacked nutrition knowledge, with knowledge and attitudes not fully translating into dietary practices.
A cross-sectional KAP survey was conducted among parents of children and adolescents in Weifang, China, to assess nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and dietary practices and their contributing factors. The study found that 43.59% of recruited parents lacked nutritional knowledge, with low awareness of micronutrients like vitamin A and iron. Correlation analysis indicated that nutritional knowledge and attitudes might not be fully translated into dietary practices. Contributing factors identified through multivariate analysis included gender, education level, occupation, lifestyle, and BMI level; for example, parents with a higher education level were more likely to be knowledgeable and have positive attitudes. The study is limited by its cross-sectional design, which precludes causal inference, potential bias from self-reported data, a non-random sampling procedure, and the lack of a strong measure of socioeconomic status.