Dietary patterns of behavior in school children, Health area region 7

Abstract

Action Research to study the process of promoting food consumption behavior modifcation and creating guidelines for promoting food consumption behavior change among school-age children. The populations included students from primary school in Kalasin, KhonKaen, MahaSarakhamand and Roi Et. They were selected by asking the responsible person of school age according to the volunteer who works in Kalasin and Roi Et provinces and there was only one sub-district. There was a student aged 9-12 years in a voluntary family. There must be a guardian, i.e. father or mother, or any one of the grandparents, grandparents, to participate in the activity. We analyzed data by using descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage average and standard deviation for quality data analyzed by structural content analysis.
The result of the research shows that the food behavior modifcation model among school-age children consisted of setting goals for modifying desirable behaviors, developing knowledge of food that should be consumed and desirable behavior for students and parents, building positive behavioral reinforcement by engaging families in reinforcement and support at home, surveillance of self-consumption behavior of
students and peers, ongoing support and the evaluation of consumption behaviors among parents, children and witnesses. The sample group followed the 2-month pattern. It was found school-aged children’s desirable food consumption behavior showed a marked increase in both Sub-districts by Sao Lao Sub district increased from 37.1 percent to 88.6% and Popharn sub-district increased from 63.1 percent to 68.4 percent, respectively. Therefore, this model of promotion of consumption behavior modifcation should be applied to modify the consumption behavior of school-aged children in the area.