Selected health behaviors that influence college freshman weight change.

Auteur(s) :
Kasparek DG., Corwin SJ., Valois RF., Sargent RG., Morris RL.
Date :
Jan, 2008
Source(s) :
J AM COLL HEALTH. #56:4 p437-44
Adresse :
Health and Physical Education Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA. [email protected]

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OBJECTIVE AND PARTICIPANTS: The authors investigated the effect of physical activity (PA), fruit and vegetable intake, and alcohol use on 6-month weight change in 193 college freshmen (78.8% white, 88.2% women, 94.5% on a meal plan). METHODS: The authors administered a Web-based survey in fall 2002 (baseline) and spring 2003 (follow-up). RESULTS: There was an overall average weight gain of 2.5 lbs (p .05), and PA was unchanged. Weight gain for students with body mass indexes (BMI) > or =25 kg/m2 was nearly twice that of students with BMIs < 25 (p or = 4 sessions per week (ie, high frequency) of low-intensity PA were twice as likely to have healthy BMIs as students engaging in low- and moderate-frequency PA. CONCLUSIONS: PA interventions should target freshmen with BMIs > or = 25.

PMID: 18316289 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]

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