Food Consumption Behaviors : A Case Study of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University Students in Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to study food consumption behavior : a case study of Kamphaeng Phet Rajabhat University students in Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and to compare food consumption behaviors among students of the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kamphaeng Phet University. A sample of 323 students were calculated from Taro Yamane formula and data sampling were using stratified random sampling. The tools used for data collection were questionnaires and data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and mean differences were compared by using T-statistics (T-test).

The results showed that both of food consumption behavior of Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences were at moderate appropriate level  (X=3.20, S.D.= 0.37, =3.30, S.D.=0.44). Moreover, food consumption of this study found that food consumption behavior was statistically significant difference between the sample from 2 faculties. The results of this study can be used as a guideline for organizing a healthy food behavior change program for undergraduate students of both faculties.