学龄儿童心理行为特点与饮食行为的关系

Objective To analyze the effect of behavior characteristics of children on diet behaviors. It is useful to provide scientific basis for nutrition instruction. Methods A questionnaire survey on nutritional behavior and psychological behavior was finished by 302 school-aged children sampled randomly in Jintan. The effect factors on diet behavior were analyzed with linear regression. Results One single factor analysis showed that anxious/depressed, social problems, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behavior score and total score in boys and girls were negatively correlated with diet behavior score. Multiple factors analysis showed that attention problem scores in boys and thought problem scores in girls were negatively correlated with diet behavior score. Conclusion The findings demonstrated that psychological behaviors of school-age children were closely associated with diet behaviors. It is necessary to add health-related curriculum on risk behaviors prevention into quality education, carry out comprehensive behavior surveillance on psychology, nutrition and diet and conduct early intervention in adolescents.