The Association of Multiple Risk Factors With Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among a Nationwide Sample of College Students
| Autor: | Troy B. Adams, Willa Colner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Male College health Activities of daily living Adolescent Universities Health Behavior Psychological intervention MEDLINE Risk Factors Environmental health Vegetables medicine Humans Students Disease burden Retrospective Studies business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Health Surveys Physical activity level Eating disorders Fruit Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of American College Health. 56:455-461 |
| ISSN: | 1940-3208 0744-8481 |
| DOI: | 10.3200/jach.56.44.455-464 |
| Popis: | Few college students meet fruit and vegetable intake recommended requirements, and most receive no information from their institutions about this issue. The avoidable disease burden among students is large, the necessary information infrastructure exists, and Healthy People 2010 objectives indicate efforts should be taken to increase intake.The authors examined the association of high-risk behaviors and fruit and vegetable intake to inform design of multiple risk factor interventions.The authors obtained data from a sample of 40,209 18- to 25-year-old college students who completed the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment during the spring 2002 and 2003 semesters.Predictors of high fruit and vegetable intake for men and women included better: seatbelt and helmet use, physical activity, perceived health, sleep, self-care behaviors, and grades. Other notable predictors of high intake were reduced likelihood of cigarette smoking, alcohol use, drinking and driving, and feeling hopeless in both sexes; reduced likelihood of drinking and driving among men; and a greater likelihood of anorexia among women.The authors discuss implications of these findings. |
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