Abstract：In recent years the incidence and mortality of colorectal cancer have continued to rise and chemotherapy has become
one of the important treatment methods for colorectal cancer. With the release of the National Nutrition Plan 2017 - 2030 the
nutritional literacy level of patients has gradually attracted the attention of medical staff and improving the nutritional literacy of
patients has become one of the important factors affecting the prognosis of colorectal cancer chemotherapy patients. Although scholars
have different opinions on the definition of nutritional literacy they all emphasize the individual 's mastery of nutrition - related
knowledge cultivate their ability to make decisions on nutrition-related issues and use relevant information to make correct nutrition
decisions. At the same time as the core content of nutritional intervention there are differences in education and cognitive levels
among different populations resulting in low nutritional literacy levels which affect individual health and development. This article
reviews the conceptual framework research status evaluation tools and intervention models of nutritional literacy of colorectal cancer
chemotherapy patients in order to optimize the management of nutritional literacy level of patients by medical staff improve the
nutritional literacy level of colorectal cancer patients and improve the chemotherapy effect and tumor prognosis of patients.
冉小芳,吴 尹,张 桃,王继伟,郑喜兰. 结直肠癌化疗患者营养素养现状的研究进展[J]. 肿瘤代谢与营养电子杂志, 2025, 12(1): 130-135.
Ran Xiaofang, Wu Yin, Zhang Tao, Wang Jiwei, Zheng Xilan. Research progress on the nutritional literacy of colorectal cancer chemotherapy patients. Electron J Metab Nutr Cancer, 2025, 12(1): 130-135.
