The Current Situation and Influencing Factors of Dietary Structure among Chinese College Students

Abstract

Poor dietary structure has brought some negative impacts to Chinese college students. Although many literature has pointed out some defects and causes in the dietary structure of Chinese college students, there is still a lack of summary of these research results. The author searched multiple literature on the dietary structure problems of Chinese college students since 2021, classified them based on the causes of the mentioned dietary structure defects, and summarized several major reasons that lead to the current poor dietary structure of Chinese college students. At the same time, based on the relevant survey results of diet self-management (DSM) and some literature, the author attempts to provide suggestions that can improve the current situation. The reasons for the poor dietary structure of Chinese college students can be simply classified into four categories: excessive personal taste, poor dietary habits, lack of knowledge about healthy eating, and lack of a healthy eating environment. There is a phenomenon of mutual promotion and deterioration among these four types of reasons. A college student's DSM is a comprehensive result of multiple factors. Inducing positive factors that have a high impact on DSM can improve the DSM of college students and improve their dietary structure. In the future, the government and universities can mainly solve this problem from two aspects. On the one hand, it is to improve the personal nutritional literacy of students; On the other hand, it is to create a better dining environment.