Diet and nutrition survey among primary and secondary school students in Minhang district of Shanghai city

ObjectiveTo investigate diet and nutritional status among primary and secondary school students in Minhang district of Shanghai city and to provide evidence for nutrition intervention. MethodsTotally 8 302 students were surveyed and height,weight,and body mass index(BMI)were used to evaluate their nutritional status.Meanwhile,dietary survey was carried out for 1 154 students with 24-hour dietary recall and weighting method. ResultsThe intake of vegetables,fruits,and milk and dairy products were at a low level and the intake of meat products and eggs were at a high level.Most of the students got high proportion of protein and fat and low proportion of carbohydrate.The proportion of energy intake was high from dinner and low from breakfast.Compared with recommended amount,the intakes of calcium and zinc were only 71.6% and 73.5% among the primary students and the intakes of calcium,zinc,energy,vitamin B1,and vitamin B2 was only 50.8%,64.4%,72.5%,71.4% and 70.1%,respectively,among secondary students.The overall overweight rate and the obesity rate of the students was 14.6% and 9.9%,which were higher than those indicators from national survey. ConclusionDue to unreasonable dietary pattern,overweight and obesity are prevalent among primary and secondary school students.It is essential to adopt effective measures to improve dietary pattern of the students.