Knowledg,Awareness and practice about Foods and Nutrition of Adolescence in Muang District,Prachinburi Province

Abstract

The research aimed to study and compare : 1. foods and nutrition knowledge of adolescence by looking at gender and level of education. 2. the awareness of foods and nutrition by comparing gender and level of education. 3. the practice of foods and nutrition by comparing gender and level of education. 4. study the relationship between knowledge, awareness, and practice of foods and nutrition of the adolescence in Muang District, Prachinburi Province. Tests and questionnaires were used to gather the data from 346 samples. The Stratified Random Sampling was used. The data were analyzed by using percentile, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one way analysis of variance and Pearson’s Product moment correlation at 0.01 - 0.05 significant level. The study found that 71.4% of the sample was female and 41.0% was high school graduate. The sampling adolescence had good knowledge of foods and nutrition. Different gender had significantly different level of foods and nutrition knowledge at 0.01 while different level of study had no different level of foods and nutrition knowledge. The sampling adolescence had foods and nutrition awareness at high level Different gender had significantly different level of foods and nutrition awareness at 0.01 while different level of study had no different level of foods and nutrition awareness. The sample group had good foods and nutrition practice at moderate level, with no difference between gender and level of study. There was a positive relationship between foods and nutrition knowledge, awareness, and practice of the adolescence at 0.05.The relationship between knowledge and awareness was moderate and the relationship between knowledge and practice was low.