การประชุมวิชาการระดับชาติ ครั้งที่ 16
มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏนครปฐม

This cross-sectional analytical research aims to study the prevalence of late-night eating and compare knowledge about late-night eating among higher education students in Surat Thani Province. The sample was higher education students in Surat Thani, and the sample size was calculated from the estimating proportion formula in the case where the population is known and was selected as a sample of 364, using the multi-stage random sampling method. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and the reliability score was 0.69. The descriptive statistics (%, Mean, S.D., Median, Max, Min) were used to describe the level of knowledge about late-night eating among higher education students in Surat Thani, and an independent t-test with equal variance was used to compare scores of knowledge between late-night eating and not late-night eating students. The results showed that the prevalence of late-night eating among higher education students in Surat Thani Province was 82.70%, with most having an average knowledge score in the low range of 76.92% (mean = 4.13±1.83, median = 4, min = 0, max = 7). If classified according to the late-night eating, it was found that the late-night eating group had an average knowledge score in the low range of 76.57% (mean = 4.19±1.84, median = 4, min = 0, max = 7). The group that did not have late-night eating had an average attitude score in the low range of 78.69% (mean = 3.84±1.79, median = 4, min = 0, max = 7). When comparing the knowledge about late-night eating of higher education students in Surat Thani, it was found that the mean knowledge of the two groups had no difference (p-value = 0.72). The mean knowledge of the late-night eating group was between 2.72 and 2.81, while the mean knowledge of the group that did not have late-night eating was between 2.68 and 2.89. A mean difference in knowledge between the groups that had late-night eating and did not have late-night eating was between 0.09 and 0.14.