试论营养教育的重点人群

营养教育是健康教育的重要组成部分，是方便、有效的营养干预方式，许多国家都极为重视。我国目前营养教育应当首先关注重点人群，即营养弱势群体和对膳食与营养具有影响力的人群。营养弱势群体主要包括儿童青少年、孕妇乳母、老年人、慢性病患者、社会弱势群体，他们或处在生长发育的关键时期、或处在特殊的生理时期，或是健康状况不良的人群，或是营养状况较差的群体；对膳食与营养具有影响力的人群主要包括家庭主妇、团体膳食制作及管理人员。营养教育应从这些重点人群入手，提高其膳食营养意识，普及基本营养知识，改善大众营养状况，提升生命质量。

The Focal Groups of Nutrition Education

Nutrition education, as an important part of health education, is a convenient, and effective nutrition intervention means which many countries attach great importance to. At present, our priority of nutrition education should be given first to the focal group, that is, nutrition disadvantage group and the group of influence on dieting and nutrition, which includes children and youngsters, pregnant mothers and nursing mothers, the senior and the chronic. The society disadvantage people are either in the time for growing or at special physiological period, or in poor physical condition or in malnutrition. Those who have influence on dieting and nutrition are housewives, group meal makers and managers. Nutrition education should start off from focal group, make them more nutrition conscious, let them learn well of the basic nutrition knowledge, improve the nutritional status of the population and promote the life quality.