Factors Influencing Health Behavior for Obesity Prevention of among Overweight School Children in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
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This Cross-sectional Analytical Study aimed to study the factors influencing health behavior for obesity prevention for among overweight school children in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The sample group of 377 among overweight school children (aged 10-14 years). The research instrument was a questionnaire approved by five experts with a consistency index of 0.67-1.00 and total reliability of 0.85. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The research results revealed that most of the participants had health literacy for obesity prevention at low level (100%) and health behavior for obesity prevention at moderate level (62.10%), low level (32.10%), and high level (5.80%). The factors influencing health behavior for obesity prevention were congenital disease, spending money per day, surf the internet or game, use the telephone or tablet, exercise, sweet food, cognitive skills, self-management skills, media literacy skills, and decision skills. All variables could explain 44.80 percent of the variation (R2 = 0.448). The results of this study contribute to the development of a participatory health behavior modification model for obesity prevention among overweight school children in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
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