รูปแบบพฤติกรรมการบริโภคอาหารและภาวะโภชนาการ ของนักศึกษาและบุคลากรมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏชัยภูมิ รูปแบบพฤติกรรมการบริโภคอาหารและภาวะโภชนาการ ของนักศึกษาและบุคลากรมหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏชัยภูมิ Eating pattern and nutritional status among students and employees of Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate eating pattern and nutritional status among students and employees of Chaiyaphum Rajabhat University. There were 301 study samples including 203 students randomly selected from a total of 3,271 students and 98 employees randomly selected from a total of 215 employees. Data was collected by administering the eating patterns and nutritional status index and the interview form for the past 24-hour eating behavior.

Findings show that 89.7 percentages of the students and employees had 3 meals a day. For those who did not have 3 meals a day, 88.24 percentages of them skipped breakfast, 2.94 percentages skipped lunch, and 8.82 skipped dinner. The majority of the study samples (93.69%) ate out more than cooking for themselves. The body mass indices (BMI) among the students are found to be 66.2% normal, 16.2% overweight, 13.2% thin, and 4.4% very thin. The BMIs among the employees are found to be within 81.5 % normal, 7.4% overweight, 7.4% very thin, and 3.7% thin. Comparing average BMIs between male and female sample, it is demonstrated that males had a significantly higher average BMI (21.62+1.69 kg/m²) than the females 20.42+2.33 kg/m² (p<0.01). Data analysis shows that the average daily calorie intake among males (1,213.97 Kcal/day) was not different from females (1,107.03 Kcal/day).