Knowledge of Food and Food consumption behavior correlation of the overweight of undergraduate students, Home Economies Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon.

Abstract

The research aimed to study the food

knowledge study the food consumption

behavior and study the relation between the

food knowledge and food consumption

behavior correlation of the overweight of

undergraduate students, Home Economics

Technology, Rajamanggala University of

Technology Phra nakhon. The samples of this

study were 171 overweight of undergraduate

students, Bacheloe's Degree. The Purposive

Sampling were used. A tests and

questionnaires were used to gather the data.

The data were analyzed using

frequency,percentage,mean,standard

deviation and Pearson' Product Moment

Correlation. The study found that : 1. 60.3 percent of the sample had the knowledge of food at good level. 2. The sample had food consumption behaveior at moderate level. 3. Knowledge of food and food consumption behavior were not related to the overweight.