Abstract: Obesity has become an increasingly serious public health challenge endangering the childhood health in China. In recent 30 years, the continuous growth of childhood obesity rate in China is closely related to the improvement of living standards and the changes of dietary behavior. Dietary behavior refers to individuals′ habitual eating activities, including food selection and purchase, eating frequency, eating quantity, cooking method, eating place, etc. Eating frequency and regular eating, dining atmosphere, breakfast, western fast food and other dietary behaviors, drinking and snack eating behaviors are related to childhood obesity. Unhealthy dietary behaviors lead to weight gain and obesity in children by affecting energy intake. Parents, schools, society and the government must work together to create a healthy eating environment for children, help them cultivate healthy dietary behaviors, keep away from obesity, and provide necessary guarantees for the healthy growth of children.

Key words: dietary behavior, obesity, children

摘要： 肥胖已成为一个日趋严重的危害我国儿童健康的公共卫生问题。近30年来,我国儿童肥胖率持续增长与生活水平的提高和饮食行为的变化有着密切关系。饮食行为是指人们习惯性的摄食活动,包括食物的选择与购买、食用频度、食用数量、食用方式、饮食场所等。进食频率与规律就餐、就餐氛围、早餐、西式快餐等就餐行为,饮水、零食等摄取行为均与儿童肥胖相关。不健康饮食行为通过影响能量的摄入导致儿童体重增加和肥胖。家长、学校、社会、政府必须共同为儿童营造健康的饮食环境,帮助其培养健康饮食行为,远离肥胖,为儿童的健康成长提供必要保障。

关键词: 饮食行为, 肥胖, 儿童