Factors Related to Nutrition Status of High School Students in Nong saeng District, Udon thani Province

Abstract

     The study of factors related to nutrition status of high school students in Nong Saeng district, Udon Thani province was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study aimed to explore the association of factors related to gender, education level, receiving money for school per day, patents’ careers, patents’ income (per month), and health behavior with nutrition status of high school students. Participants were 146 high school students. Data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics and Chi-square test with 95% confidence interval.

     The results showed that most of participants were females (60.96%), had no congenital diseases (92.47%), were Grade 10 students (40.41%), received money for school for 50 baht per day or more (90.41%), had their employed parents (49.31%), had their parents’ income (per month) 10,000 baht or more (52.74%), had normal nutrition (54.11%), and had health behavior at a moderate level (89.73%). Factors related to gender, education level, receiving money for school per day, parents’ careers, parents’ income (per month), and health behavior had no association with nutrition status of high school students (p-value > 0.05)