Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to WG consumption among college students: a cross-sectional study in Chongqing, China

Objectives: This work aimed to investigate WG (WG)-related knowledge, attitudes, practices (KAPs) and factors affecting WG consumption among college students in Chongqing, China. Study design: A cross-sectional study was performed among 2500 students from six universities using a self-administered questionnaire. Methods: The chi-squared test and binary logistic regression were used for data analysis. Results: Only 14.7% of the participants were aware of WG, 57.1% supported the consumption of WG, and only 8.5% consumed WG regularly in the last month. Participants with poor knowledge of WG were about 2 times more likely to not concern about chronic diseases (CDs) than concern about CDs (odds ratio [OR] = 2.241, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.030-4.877). Women were less likely to have a poor attitude to WG compared with men (OR = 0.682, 95% CI, 0.529-0.878), whereas women were more likely to have a poor WG practice (OR = 2.335, 95% CI, 1.327-4.111). Conclusions: Although results showed low levels of WG knowledge and practices, this study still supports positive attitudes to acquire WG-related knowledge among college students in Chongqing, China. (C) 2020 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.