Factors Affecting Food Consumption among Older Adults in a Rural Community in Northern Thailand

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ID15329333
AuthorsKarntida Auntilikun (Thammasat University, corresponding author), Wisarat Putthong (Thammasat University), Khanittha Jaitim (Thammasat University), Kheandao Mongkhonpan (Ban Yangoay Health Promoting Hospital, Hang Chat District, Lampang Province, Thailand), Sayambhu Saita (0000-0001-6689-5327, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Lampang Province, Thailand, and Thammasat University Research Unit in One Health and Ecohealth, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand), Supa Vittaporn (0000-0003-2477-4409, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Lampang Province, Thailand, and Thammasat University Research Unit in Environment, Health and Epidemiology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand), Surangrat Pongpan (0000-0001-7164-2412, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Lampang Province, Thailand, and Thammasat University Research Unit in Environment, Health and Epidemiology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand), Ruchirada Changkwanyeun (0009-0009-2475-0184, Thammasat University), Patcharin Khamnuan (0000-0002-7017-3041, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Lampang Province, Thailand, and Thammasat University Research Unit in Environment, Health and Epidemiology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand), Supang Wattanasoei (Thammasat University), Kasama Pooseesod (0009-0002-0435-6306, Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Lampang Province, Thailand, and Thammasat University Research Unit in One Health and Ecohealth, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand)
Year2024
Volume48
Issue5
Pages1460-1470
Publication date2024-10-30
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359
PublisherPNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5993/ajhb.48.5.24
OpenAlexW4404092338
LanguageEN
References cited41

Objectives: In this study, we determined the food consumption behavior and identified its factors among older adults in a rural community in northern Thailand, based on the PRECEDE model. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among 366 older adults. Data on demographic characteristics and oral health status, predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors, and food consumption behavior were collected using questionnaires. To identify the factors associated with food consumption, we used an ordinal logistic regression analysis. Results: Older adults consumed healthy food such as vegetables and eggs at a high level and consumed unhealthy food such as sticky rice and sodium seasoning at a high level. Three explanatory variables showed statistically significant associations with good food consumption behavior, including being female (p = .035), having 20 or more usable teeth (p = .012), and having a good level of social support (p = .033). Conclusions: Older adults consumed a high levels of healthy foods, such as vegetables and eggs, and a unhealthy foods such as sticky rice and sodium seasoning. The females that had 20 or more usable teeth, and that had a good level of social support were more likely to exhibit good food consumption behavior

Agricultural economics · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Environmental health · Food consumption · Geography · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Gerontology

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