Abstract: Objective To research the relationship between nutritional quality and psychological health of left-behind children in rural areas of Xuzhou city,and to take comprehensive measures and improve rural left-behind children nutritional quality and psychological health level. Method A total of 203 left-behind children and 572 un-left-behind children were investigated with Nutrition Education Comprehensive Evaluation Questionnaire and Mentality Health Test (MHT) scale. Results Nutritional quality and psychological health of left-behind children were poorer than those of un-left-behind children (P<0.05),girls' score of nutritional quality was higher than boys' (P<0.001),secondary school group scored significantly higher in nutritional quality than primary school group (P<0.001).Psychological health of left-behind children were correlated with nutritional quality (r=0.001~0.321),dietary behavior and social aspects. Conclusions Nutritional quality and psychological health of left-behind children are pessimistic in rural areas of Xuzhou city.There are internal consistency between nutritional quality and psychological health,so strengthen level of psychological health needs to improve level of nutritional quality at the same time.

Key words: left-behind children, nutritional quality, psychological health

摘要： 目的 研究徐州市农村留守儿童营养素养与心理健康的关系,以便采取干预措施,提高留守儿童营养素养以及心理健康水平。方法 采用“营养教育效果综合评价问卷”与“心理健康诊断测验”对徐州市农村地区6所中小学的203名留守儿童和572名非留守儿童进行调查。结果 留守儿童营养素养及心理健康水平均较非留守儿童差(P<0.05),女生营养素养总得分显著高于男生(P<0.001),初中组营养素养总得分显著高于小学组(P<0.001)。留守儿童饮食行为和社会环境因素评分与心理健康评分具有显著的关联性。结论 徐州市农村地区留守儿童营养素养及心理健康水平均有待提高,营养素养水平与心理健康状况具有内在的一致性,提高农村留守儿童心理健康的同时应不断提升其营养素养水平。

关键词: 留守儿童, 营养素养, 心理健康