The relationship of the food Consumption Behavior and Nutritional status of Menopausal women of Salukdai Village No.1,Salukdai Sub-district, Meung District, Surin

Abstract

             Purposes of this research are 1) Learning about food consumption behavior of postmenopausal women 2) Learning aboutnutrition status of menopausal women  3) Learning about relationship of the food Consumption Behavior and Nutritional status of menopausal women. Representative sample is 165 menopausal women (40-59 years old) fromSalukdai village, No.1, Salukdai sub-district, Meung district, Surinwhich chose from sample random sampling. Using questionnaire as a tool for the research, consumption knowledge 35 questions which the reliability with Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.84 and consumption behavior is scale (Rating Scale) 15 items, with confidence and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.76. The research statistic is mean, standard deviation, percentages, and statistics which used to test the Chi-square hypothesis.

          The research show that the menopausal women mostly have consumption knowledge about 78.2%, medium rate 13.9%, good rate 21.8%, excellent 12.7%, and minority 21.8% having consumption knowledge lower than standard level. They have good rate of consumption behavior in average 2.87 %. Nutritional status of menopausal women who have a good rate is 66.1%, minor with malnutrition 33.90 percent by nutritional status. Substandard percent 2.40, over nutrition is also classified as obese percentage 29.70 and overweight is classified as obese percentage 1.80. The analysis of the relationship between dietary habits and nutritional status of menopausal women found. Knowledge about the behavior of the overall food intake correlated with nutritional statistically significant at p = 0.036 (p <0.050)