Dietary Nutritional Assessment Among College Students in Lanzhou

Objective To study the dietary nutrition status of college students in Lanzhou,and to provide instruction of rational nutrition.Methods The stratified random cluster sampling method was used to choose 664 college students(aged 18-25) in Lanzhou.A self-designed questionnaire of semi-quantities food frequency was used to survey the students' dietary.Results The students' dietary nutrition status was not reasonable.The animal foods intake was over than the standard,but the cereal,vegetables and fruits were insufficient.The energy supply was not adequate to the demand.The intake of vitamin A,vitamin C,riboflavin,calcium and zinc were lower than normal requirements.Conclusion The students' dietary nutrition status is not reasonable.Nutritional health education should be developed to improve the students' dietary nutrition health knowledge.