Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior on Food Consumption for Good Health of High School Teachers ,Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research are ; 1) to study the knowledge about healthy food;2) to study the attitude towards consumption of healthy food;3) to study the relationship between the individual of personal factor and health factor, and 4) to study relationship between knowledge and attitude towards of healthy food of high school teacher at Nonthaburi that influence their behaviors. Questionnaires were used as a tool for collecting the data, and the data was analyzed using percentage , mean, standard deviation , t-test, f-test , and Pearson correlation (r) Most of the responders of this research are female. Age group is between 51-60 years old. Height group is between 151-160 centimeters. Weight group is between 51-60 kilograms. The majority of their salaries are between 28,001-33,000 Baht. The level of personal sickness is low. The level of understanding of how to consume healthy food is high. The attitude of consuming healthy food is high level. But the behavior of consuming healthy food is mostly at moderate level According to the study of relationship between the individual of personal factor and health care factor. The results are: there is relationship between sex and behavior of consuming healthy food, statistically significant at the .05 level. Moreover, the study of relationship between the knowledge and attitude of consuming healthy food of high school teacher that impact to their behavior, show knowledge and attitude have relationship to behavior to consume healthy food , statistically significant at the .05 level