Abstract
The purpose of this study are to study prevalence of vitamin B1 deficiency and vitamin B1 intake from diets. Samples were between 15-50 year’s old, 157 persons from Ban Choochat, Tambon Lue, Prathumratchawongsa District, Amnatcharoen Province. The samples were selected from the population in Ban Choochat 274 persons by list from the person between 15-50 years old, the sample increased 4 persons so the total samples were 157 persons. The researcher collected data using questionnaires. Questionnaires was interview which developed from interview format of the person who had vitamin B1, deficiency by The Nutrition Division, The Ministry of Public Health. It was divided into 6 parts:- personal data interview; body checklist record; laboratory’s examine record; food eating interview in 24 hour’s interview; and cooking food’s situation interview. The data were analyzed and interpreted statistical by frequency, percentage, means(x) and standard deviation(S.D.). The results of the study, it was found that, Ban Choochat, Tambon Lue, Pratoonrachawondgsa district, Amnatcharoen province had vitamin B1 deficiency 73.90%, divided by ETKA found Low risk level 34.40 and deficiency level 3.20, divided by TPPE found Low risk level 21.00%, and deficiency level 52.90%. From physical examination found that the sample of vitamin B1 deficiency were not show all clinical symptoms in every person. The amount of vitamin B1 from diets each day, that was under normal requirement (1.2 mg/day), was found in 93.34% of the samples and the nutritional status was found that obesity samples could deficient in vitamin B1 also. The samples which vitamin B1 deficiency had the risk to be obesity and obesity level 1 about 19.83% and 18.10% and proportion in dietary:- protein : fat : carbohydrate each day=12.03 : 8.02 : 81.10% and proportion in dietary:- protein : fat : carbohydrate each day = 12.03 : 8.02 : 81.00. It was indicated that the habit in eating food is not balance, especially in Carbohydrate which the kind of whiten rice, took in water a night (63.70%) or cooked by water’s change(15.30%), eat raw preserved fish every day (63.70%), eat vegetable which spoiled vitamin B1 and worked hard (agriculture 95.50%). It should increase using Thiamine to be coenzyme to metabolize carbohydrate for energy and lead to risk from vitamin B1 deficiency.Keywords : Vitamin B1 Deficiency Vitamin B1 Volume intake
