Nutritional status, attitudes and policy recommendation on surveillance of obesity among personnel at Chiangmai Rajabhat University
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2023.45Keywords:
body mass index, attitudes, obesity, policy recommendationAbstract
The purposes of this mixed methods research were to survey the body mass index and attitudes towards obesity, and synthesize policy recommendation on surveillance of obesity among personnel. A total of 251 personnel who worked at Chiangmai Rajabhat University and 8 stakeholders were participated. The data were collected through questionnaires, informal interview, and stakeholder group operational seminar. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regression, and content analysis were used to interpret the results. The research reveal findings average BMI of personnel was 23.87+4.33 that 6.37% of the personnel had nutritional status lower than the standard, 41.83% had normal nutritional status, and 51.79% had nutritional status exceeding the standard. The beliefs about obese persons scale (BAOP) mean score was 14.96+4.01. Regarding factor describing body mass index variation, age was satisfied to measure nutritional status (Beta=0.089, p=0.011) with a total variance of 25.2% (p=0.05). In this regard, the stakeholders proposed policy recommendations on surveillance of obesity among personnel including reinforcement attempts to change food consumption behavior, support for regular exercise and screening for body mass index continuously.
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