Xinhuanet and Tomson Bianjian released the report ＂Investigation on National Immunity and Nutrition and Health＂

    Xinhuanet Beijing, May 18 (Feng Kong) At present, people’s health awareness is gradually improving, and the public’s health needs are constantly improving. It has become the consensus of the public to improve nutrition awareness and advocate a healthy lifestyle. In order to respond to the call of "Healthy China 2030" Planning Outline and practice the concept of big food, under the guidance of China Nutrition Society, Xinhuanet joined forces with Tomson Bianjian and other social sectors to set up the China Nutrition Festival, with the theme of "Scientific Nutrition, Nutrition China", and advocated the scientific nutrition concept for the whole society to jointly help improve the national health level.

    This year’s 518 China Nutrition Festival continues its theme, advocating "advanced immunization, optimizing foods with high nutrient density", bringing together professional forces from all walks of life, and popularizing scientific nutrition knowledge to the public through popular science live broadcast and a series of interactive activities, with the help of video and live broadcast, encouraging the public to reasonably match meals and raising the national concern about nutrition and health issues.

    In order to find out people’s cognition on immunity and nutrition and health, on May 18th, at the conference of the second 518 China Nutrition Festival, Xinhuanet and Tomson Bianjian released the report "Investigation on National Immunity and Nutrition and Health Status" (hereinafter referred to as the report), which analyzed the current national nutrition and health status and future development trend from multiple levels, and provided the direction for the development of nutrition and health industry.

    National nutrition and health presents four new trends.

    According to the report, in the past year, more than 90% of the people paid more attention to nutrition and health issues, and nearly 80% of the people strengthened their nutritional supplements to enhance their immunity.

    Nutrition is the foundation of immunity, and it has become a general consensus to improve physical fitness and enhance immunity. Faced with the challenges of insomnia, intestinal problems, obesity and other multiple health problems, consumers not only want to eat enough and eat well, but also want to improve their physique and prevent diseases through nutritional intervention. Therefore, there are four trends: "the fourth meal of nutrition, light nutrition, quality intake and quantitative choice".

    More than 60% of the citizens will have meals or extra nutritional supplements in addition to three meals a day in their daily lives, among which improving immunity is the biggest purpose of nutritional supplements for the citizens; Secondly, targeted nutritional supplements are aimed at improving sleep, caring for the stomach and weight management.

    With the accelerated pace of life, a more relaxed and convenient way of "light nutrition" is favored. More than half of the respondents expressed the hope to maintain a balanced nutrition by increasing their intake of nutritious foods, such as high-protein foods. More than 40% of consumers want to eat three meals a day and 25 kinds of food a week.

    The national nutrition demand is becoming more secure, professional and personalized, and at the same time, it is more willing to invest in consumption. Among them, more than half of the people are willing to pay more than 3,000 yuan a year for a higher quality nutritious meal, and more than 15% of them are willing to pay more than 5,000 yuan a year.

    At the same time, more than 60% of the people pay attention to the nutrient content in the food nutrient composition table in their daily diet, but at present, more people are keen to pay attention to calories, while few people know the nutrient density, and even fewer people know what they can eat to enhance their immunity besides vitamin C and protein. According to the cases presented in the report, not only full-time mothers and ordinary white-collar workers lack nutrition and health knowledge, but also some fitness enthusiasts who know more about nutrition knowledge lack such knowledge.

    Four directions for improving nutrition and health to help realize national nutrition advancement.

    How to achieve advanced national nutrition? The report gives four directions.  

    According to the report, nearly half of the people don’t know the recommended intake of various nutrients they need every day, and 60% of the people never know their nutritional status through nutritional testing. The report hopes that such people should have the consciousness of "conscious nutrition in the world", often check their bodies and pay attention to their nutritional status. Daily intake should not be based on feelings, but should be based on data and science.

    More than 40% of the people said that "there are too many choices of the same type of nutritious food, and it is difficult to choose". Among them, many busy office workers said that they have no time to choose. On the other hand, although people pay great attention to the freshness and taste of ingredients when choosing nutritious foods, they pay relatively little attention to "nutrient density" and don’t know how to choose foods with higher nutritional value. For this kind of people, it is necessary to learn more about popular science and nutrition, break the difficulty of choice and become a "picky" selector who can scientifically grasp nutrition.

    Most people only remember to improve their nutrition and health when their bodies are warned, and behaviors such as lack of personal nutrition plan and failure to adhere to it still exist frequently. There are still many people who say that they can’t eat on time, and nutritional fortification has not become a daily habit. Such people should engrave scientific nutrition into their diet memory, persevere and become the rhythm master of nutrition intake.

    In the survey, only 7.45% people correctly answered the role of vitamin B. Through the small test, it is reflected that most people are not clear about the nutrients and nutritional value of food and the reasonable daily intake standard. It is very important for everyone to cultivate a scientific concept of big food and realize the leap-forward nutritional advancement of "food merchants"