大学级营养课程改善了与粮食安全有关的因素
Emily Sklar1, Rachel E Scherr2, Cassandra J Nguyen3
1Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
|February 11, 2026
概括
一个大学营养课程提高了学生的营养知识,并对食品机构的因素产生了积极的影响. 这表明现有的课程可以提高高等教育机构的粮食安全技能.
科学领域:
- 营养教育 营养教育
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 食品代理,包括个人对其食物环境的控制,对幸福至关重要.
- 了解正规教育对食品机构的影响对于制定有效的公共卫生干预措施至关重要.
- 大学级营养课程提供了一个潜在的途径来影响学生的知识和与食物有关的行为.
研究的目的:
- 评估大学级营养课程对学生营养知识和食品机构的影响.
- 检查改善营养知识和食品署的具体指标,如金钱支出和应对策略之间的关系.
- 评估营养教育在大学生中促进更大的粮食安全的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在一所大型公立大学,对1873名入门营养课程的学生和1125名比较组的学生进行了前后研究设计.
- 经过验证的调查问卷测量了营养知识,金钱支出,应对策略和粮食安全,使用美国农业部的成人粮食安全调查模块.
- 统计分析包括Wilcoxon等级和测试,t测试,回归模型和结构方程建模来评估关系.
主要成果:
- 营养课程的学生在营养知识的显著增加,与对照组的下降相比 (P < 0.001).
- 增加营养知识与金钱支出量表 (P = 0.04) 和应对策略量表 (P < 0.001) 的较低分数有显著联系.
- 结构方程建模揭示了营养知识和食品代理因素之间的双向关系.
结论:
- 介绍性的大学营养课程可以有效地提高营养知识,并积极影响与食品机构相关的因素.
- 这些发现突出了营养教育的潜力,以提高学生管理粮食资源和加强粮食安全的能力.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这些知识改进如何转化为可持续的行为变化,以加强高等教育环境中的粮食安全.
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