Abstract :
Socioeconomic changes have resulted in changes in lifestyle of the population. It has become more evident that they smoke cigarette and drink alcohol more while exercising less. Also, they do not have appropriate food consumption behaviors, eating food that is not good for health, and this leads to major non-infectious diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cancer, and mental health problems (Suchada Uppapathawanich, B.E. 2550), which are considered important public health problems of the country at present. When the population is sick with chronic non-infectious diseases, the government has to spend a large amount of budgets on treatment. The World Health Organization has estimated that the circulation and fluid disorders account for approximately 10% of the direct costs of medical treatment of the Thai people, totaling 25,000 million baht (Chanpen Chuprapawan, B.E. 2543).
