Thailand enjoys the reputation as a success story in nutrition, having achieved marked reductions in protein-energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among children and women within two decades. The change in lifestyle from agricultural to non-agricultural industrial occupations (such as, food, garments, information technology (IT) factories) resulted in a shift from labor-intensive rural farm work activities to sedentary factory work or office clerical work. As in other rapidly industrializing countries, the rise of overnutrition and its
consequent health effects changed the nutrition and health
situation of the Thai people.