Objective To understand the eating habits and nutritional knowledge of university students

and to provide evidence for improving healthy levels of university students.Method A survey was conducted by using a questionnaire with 198 students.The questionnaire involved everyday diet

eating habits

dietary attitude and nutritional knowledge.Results Only 59.1% students often had breakfast.Female students were better than male students and there was significant difference betwcen them（p<0.05）;14.6% students seldom had breakfast and 26.3% students almost didn’t have breakfast.As for eating habits

students ate too much instant noodles

fried foods

pickled vegetables

and hams.Only 7.5% students didn’t have them.However

the percentage of students had fish

milk and vegetables was much lower and the percentage was 43.0%

16.6% and 59.1% respectively.The percentage of male students having unhealthy habits such as drinking was higher than the percentage of female students having and there was significant difference between male and female students（p<0.05）.Most of the students lacked the basic nutritional knowledge;70.2% students selected taste as the first choice to choose foods

whereas only 18.7% students chose foods based on the nutrition.Conclusion There were many problems existing in students’ nutritional knowledge and eating habits.Nutrition education should be implemented to correct the university students’ unhealthy eating habits.