Correlation between nutritional awareness and food consumption behavior of the elderly in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand

This study was conducted to the correlating factors between personal nutritional awareness and consumption behavior of elderly in Samutprakarn Province, Thailand.  Members society Province were interviewed with a rating scale questionnaire know about their data, that influence food behaviors. 400 elderlies participated study. Their ages range is 60 84 years old (±0.79); average age 67.20 years. There 156 males (38.90%) 244 females (61.1%). Factors showed reliability statistic 0.25 0.46 0.34. Moreover, result shows emotional (r=0.43, p-value < 0.05), accurate self-assessment (r=0.13, self-confidence (r=0.16, 0.05) positively significantly correlated It can be concluded 3 With high rating, impact proper Key word: Elderly, behavior, awareness, factor. &nbsp