Factors Relating to Food Consumption Behaviors of Personnel with Overweight Status in Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

      The objectives of this cross-sectional survey research were: 1) to study personal factors of Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute personnel with overweight status; 2) to study knowledge of nutrition, health literacy level, and self-efficacy towards food consumption behaviors of the personnel; 3) to study food consumption behaviors of the personnel; and 4) to find the relationship of personal factors, nutritional knowledge, health literacy level, and self-efficacy on food consumption behaviors and food consumption behaviors among the personnel. The sample group was 243 personnel overweight status at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi Province by simple random and the data were collected through questionnaires. Data were analyzed as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-Square, and Fisher Exact Test at a statistical significance level of 0.05.
       The results of the research revealed that most of the samples were female, aged between 40 - 49 years old, married, graduated with a bachelor's degree, with monthly income of 10,001-20,000 Baht. Nutritional knowledge was at the high level (60.90%), overall health literacy was at the insufficient level (62.10%), functional health literacy was at the inadequate level (89.30%), interactive health literacy was at the nearly adequate level (41.20%), and critical health literacy was at the adequate level (40.70%); and perceived self-efficacy food consumption behaviors at the moderate level (46.50%) had food consumption behaviors at the moderate level (75.30 %); and 4) personal factor of monthly income was statistically related to food consumption behaviors (p = 0.026). Moreover, health literacy and perceived self-efficacy level were statistically related to food consumption behaviors (p < 0.001).