Factors associated with food consumption behavior of student in the faculty of Public Health, Chalermkarnchana University

Abstract

This study is descriptive research. The objective of this study was to study the relationship between personal factors and nutrition knowledge with food consumption behavior of the student in the Faculty of Public Health, Chalermkarnchana University, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The sample group in this study was the 4^th year student of the Faculty of Public Health. The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire. The statistics used for the analysis of study results consisted of: percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square. The study found that factors of nutritional knowledge were related to food consumption behaviors of the 4^th year students in the Faculty of Public Health, Chalermkarnchana University, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province with statistically significant (p<0.05).