Factors Discriminating Overweight and Normal Weight Among Troops in the 4th Infantry Brigade
Keywords:
Overweight, Normal weight, Ecological Model,, TroopsAbstract
Overweight and obesity are public health problems in Thailand. Overweight and obesity rates among adults have continuously increased. This descriptive research aimed to explore the factors discriminating the overweights and the normal weights among troops in the 4th Infantry Brigade Phitsanulok Province. The sample was the soldiers whose body was normal weight or overweight. The 288 troops were classified as 147 overweight troops and 141 normal weight troops, using stratified random sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire, applied in ecological model. The Content validity was reviewed by 5 experts, and the index of Item Objective Congruence (IOC) was between 0.60 to 1.00. The reliability of knowledge on the overweights was 0.74, tested by Kuder-Richardson (KR20). The questionnaire on intrapersonal, interpersonal and organization factors were tested for understanding and appropriate language. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and discriminant analysis (stepwise technique).
The results showed that five factors that could discriminate the overweights and the normal weights of the troops were workplace environment, Eating behavior, Job description, exercise behavior and Age. They could predict the accuracy of the classification in 2 groups at the percentage of 58.3.
The results of this research can be used as information for promoting workplace environment, conduct projects or activities related to food consumption and exercise to prevent from and overcome the overweight of the troops.
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