Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate nutrition and health status of residents in Yunyan district,Guiyang city,for making effective health promotion strategy. MethodsMulti-stage stratified cluster random sampling was adopted to select 1 456 people from 455 households in six communities of Yunyan district in 2010.The participants were investigated by questionnaire survey,dietary survey,medical check-up and laboratory tests. ResultsThe intakes of grain and potato of the residents were adequate(283 grams per person per day).While the daily consumption of fresh fruits(34 grams),fish and shrimp(4 grams),milk and its products(51 grams)were obviously lower than the recommended standard.The consumptions of livestock and poultry meat(108 grams)and edible oil(44 grams)were high.The intakes of various kinds of dietary nutrients in the residents were below the national consumption level 2002.And the retinol equivalent and calcium were 320.5 μg RE and 352.7 mg,which were 40% and 44% of the recommended standard(Chinese dietary reference intakes).Cereals accounted for 45.9% of energy from food.Beans and animal food accounted for 47.5% of protein from food.Animal food accounted for 47.4% of lipid from food.Malnutrition rate,overweight rate,obesity rate,prevalence of hypertension,prevalence of diabetes,hypercholesterolemia,hypertriglyceridemia of the residents over 18 years old were 4.6%,33.4%,11.8%,17.5%,6.4%,12.4%,and 29.6%,respectively. ConclusionThe residents in Yunyan district take sufficient foods.The main improvement measure for the dietary pattern is adjusting the imbalance of dietary structure.Chronic diseases will be an important public health problem among the residents.