Gender Differences in Type 2 Diabetes Risk Perception, Attitude, and Protective Health Behaviors: A Study of Overweight and Obese College Students
| Autor: | Ann O. Amuta, Olufemi A. Popoola, Katie Crosslin, Adam E. Barry, Wura Jacobs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
030505 public health Health (social science) Calorie business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 diabetes Overweight medicine.disease Obesity Physical activity level Risk perception 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Health education 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Health Education. 47:315-323 |
| ISSN: | 2168-3751 1932-5037 |
| Popis: | Background: Obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has dramatically increased in the past decade and has resulted in higher rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among adolescents. Purpose: To examine whether there are gender differences in T2DM risk perception, attitude toward T2DM protective behaviors, physical activity, and meeting the recommended fruit and vegetable daily intake among adolescents at risk for T2DM. Methods: Overweight and obese students were included in this study (n = 319). Linear regression analyses were used for all models. Analyses were carried out using SPSS (Ver 20.0). Gender differences in the regression models were considered statistically significant at P |
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