Relationships between Knowledge, Attitude and Peer Influences, and Food Consumption Behaviour on Nutritional Status among Adolescents in a Rural Area of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
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food consumption behavior, nutrition status, adolescentsAbstract
This was a cross-sectional descriptive and correlational study aiming to study the relationships between food consumption knowledge, food consumption, attitudes, and peer influences in food consumption and food consumption behaviour on nutritional status among adolescents in a rural area of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Data were collected through survey questionnaires from 130 volunteers, chosen by simple random selection, who were 13-18 years of the age. Data were collected using questionnaires covering a number of topics,e including food consumption knowledge, food consumption attitude, peer influences, and food consumption behaviour. Nutrition status was calculated by an online program of Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health using a nutritional index and BMI percentages. Descriptive statistics and Spearman rank correlation coefficient were used for data analyses.
Low positive correlations with nutrition status were found with food consumption knowledge ( rs=.277,p < .01), peer influences in food consumption (rs=.277,p < .01), and food consumption behaviour (rs=.172, p < .01). Moreover, food consumption attitude was found to be uncorrelated with nutritional status ( rs=.004, p > .05)
Results of this study should be used in developing nutritional information about food consumption behaviour affected by peer interaction, and information about food consumption for promoting nutritional knowledge appropriate for adolescents.
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