Table 2.
Nutrition knowledge passing rate and mean score (n = 344).
| Items | Options | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Procedural nutrition knowledge (Min = 0 Max = 7 Mean = 4.66 S.D. = 1.74 Skew. = − 0.538 Kurt. = − 0.553) | |||
| 1. Fruit can be fully replaced by vitamin and mineral supplements | A. Agree | 54 | 15.7 |
| B. Disagree | 228 | 66.3 | |
| C. Not sure | 62 | 18.0 | |
| 2. A healthy diet means nothing other than eating vitamins | A. Agree | 61 | 17.7 |
| B. Disagree | 235 | 68.3 | |
| C. Not sure | 48 | 14.0 | |
| 3. Meat should be the basis of our daily diet | A. Agree | 145 | 42.2 |
| B. Disagree | 158 | 45.9 | |
| C. Not sure | 41 | 11.9 | |
| 4. Instead of eating fruit you can drink fruit juice | A. Agree | 68 | 19.8 |
| B. Disagree | 238 | 69.2 | |
| C. Not sure | 38 | 11.0 | |
| 5. Fat is always bad for your health, so you should avoid it as much as possible | A. Agree | 44 | 12.8 |
| B. Disagree | 243 | 70.6 | |
| C. Not sure | 57 | 16.6 | |
| 6. A balanced diet implies eating all foods in the same amounts | A. Agree | 55 | 16.0 |
| B. Disagree | 228 | 66.3 | |
| C. Not sure | 61 | 17.7 | |
| 7. For healthy nutrition, dairy products should be consumed in the same amounts as fruit and vegetables | A. Agree | 75 | 21.3 |
| B. Disagree | 177 | 51.5 | |
| C. Not sure | 92 | 26.7 | |
| Declarative nutrition knowledge (Min = 0 Max = 6 Mean = 2.53 S.D. = 1.51 Skew. = 0.237 Kurt. = − 0.638) | |||
| 1. The units of heat, KCAL (kilocalorie) and KJ (kilojoule) are the same | A. Agree | 38 | 11 |
| B. Disagree | 130 | 37.8 | |
| C. Not sure | 176 | 51.2 | |
| 2. The reasonable supply of three meals a day requires that the proportion of calories for breakfast, lunch and dinner is | A. 20%, 50%, 30% | 49 | 14.2 |
| B. 30%, 40%, 30% | 154 | 44.8 | |
| C. 30%, 30%, 40% | 40 | 11.6 | |
| D. Not sure | 101 | 29.4 | |
| 3. The main nutrient provided by animal food is | A. Protein | 140 | 40.7 |
| B. Carbohydrate | 23 | 6.7 | |
| C. Fibrin | 118 | 34.3 | |
| D. Vitamin | 8 | 2.3 | |
| E. Not sure | 55 | 16 | |
| 4. Which of the following foods is a major source of iron? | A. Milk | 12 | 3.5 |
| B. Spinach | 148 | 43 | |
| C. Animal liver | 125 | 36.3 | |
| D. Orange | 10 | 2.9 | |
| E. Not sure | 49 | 14.2 | |
| 5. Daily salt intake should not exceed | A. 3 g | 49 | 14.2 |
| B. 5 g | 72 | 20.9 | |
| C. 6 g | 95 | 27.6 | |
| D. 8 g | 26 | 7.6 | |
| E. Not sure | 102 | 29.7 | |
| 6. Which of the following food groups contains the most protein | A. Red beans, milk, mung beans | 32 | 9.3 |
| B. Milk, chicken, fish | 226 | 65.7 | |
| C. Meat, lettuce, beans | 35 | 10.2 | |
| D. Bread, beef, spinach | 10 | 2.9 | |
| E. Not sure | 41 | 11.9 | |
| Total nutrition knowledge (Min = 0 Max = 13 Mean = 7.19 S.D. = 2.59 Skew. = − 0.085 Kurt. = − 0.396) | |||
Correct answers are shown in bold.