en Medicine پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background and objectives:</strong> Knowledge about health and food safety is important for disease prevention and protection of the environment from pollution. The present study investigated university students&rsquo; knowledge and attitude on health and food safety.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> The study was performed on 148 students from Shahroud University of Medical Sciences in 2017. The subjects were selected through simple random sampling. A valid and reliable questionnaire on knowledge and attitude towards health and food safety was used for collection of data. The data were analyzed by SPSS-16 software using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and chi-square test. In all tests, the level of significance was set at 0.05.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Most students had moderate knowledge and good attitude about health and food safety. There was a significant relationship between level of education and attitude towards health and food safety (P=0.046).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Knowledge on health and food safety is crucial for preventing contamination of foodstuff and reducing the risk of foodborne illness.&nbsp;The students in the Shahroud University of Medical Sciences have relatively good knowledge and attitude towards health and food safety</div> food safety, knowledge, health, attitude, student 50 54 http://jcbr.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-90-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Moussa Abolhassani موسی ابوالحسنی 10031947532846001593 10031947532846001593 No Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Negin Eftekhari نگین افتخاری 10031947532846001594 10031947532846001594 No Student Research Committee, Department of Nursing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Mohammad Hassan Basirinezhad محمد حسن بصیری نژاد 10031947532846001595 10031947532846001595 No Student Research Committee, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Adnan Karimi عدنان کریمی 10031947532846001596 10031947532846001596 No 15 Khordad Hospital, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran Morteza Shamsizadeh مرتضی شمسی زاده 10031947532846001597 10031947532846001597 Yes Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran