Assessing Overweight/Obesity, Dietary Habits, and Physical Activity in Hispanic College Students

Autor: Ulku S. Karabulut, Zasha Romero, Philip Conatser, Murat Karabulut
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Exercise Medicine, Vol 2 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2508-9056
DOI: 10.26644/em.2018.005
Popis: Objectives This study examined the overweight, obesity, dietary habits, and physical activity among Hispanic college students. Methods Eighty seven (n=87, age= 24.03 ± 5.69) Hispanic college students participated in the study. Descriptive and anthropometric measurements including resting heart rate (RHR), resting blood pressure (RBP), height, weight, body mass index (BMI), circumference measurements [waist at narrowest point (Xiphoid), and hip at widest point (Hip), body composition (BC) were collected. Subjects completed the Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ). PA was estimated via Godin’s (2011) Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire. Results The mean BMI was 27.29±6.20 kg/m2, in the overweight range. The mean WC for males was 90.86±13.23 and for females was 82.35±14.61. Independent t-test showed that males had significantly higher values in height (p
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