Relations Between Physical Activity and Behavioral and Perceptual Correlates Among Midwestern College Students

Seo, Dong-Chul; Nehl, Eric J.; Agley, Jon; Ma, Shang-Min

doi:10.3200/jach.56.2.187-198

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“…Also, engagement in other healthy habits, such as a healthy diet and being a non-smoker, was associated with the practice of physical activity. Similar associations between healthy habits and physical activity have been observed in previous studies (45)(46)(47)(48) . However, no associations were found between the weekly hours of physical activity and quality diet scores, indicating that among the students who were physically active, the diet quality was not higher in those performing more hours of physical activity.…”

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Clustering of lifestyle factors in Spanish university students: the relationship between smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and diet quality

Moreno-Gómez

Romaguera

Tauler

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To ascertain the prevalence of and association between main lifestyle factors (diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption and smoking) in students from the Balearic Islands University. Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive study. A questionnaire including questions on lifestyle, dietary habits and physical activity habits was administered to the students. Four different diet quality scores were calculated (Diet Diversity Score, Mediterranean Diet Score, Dietary Guidelines Score and Global Dietary Guidelines Score). Setting: A sample of students from the Balearic Islands University. Subjects: Nine hundred and eighty-seven students (45?5 % males; mean age 21?5 (SD 3?3) years). Results: The dietary pattern of the student population was characterized by a low consumption of cereals and tubers, fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes and nuts, and a high consumption of processed meat, sweets, snacks, soft drinks and pastries. Linear, positive and statistically significant correlations were found between the number of meals consumed daily and all of the diet quality scores determined. Determinants of diet quality, both in the univariate and multivariate analyses, were physical activity practice, sex, age and number of meals consumed daily. Conclusions: Risk factors such as smoking, diet and physical inactivity had a tendency of clustering among Spanish university students. Overall diet quality was low, due to important departures from dietary recommendations and loss of the traditional Mediterranean dietary pattern. Nutritional education campaigns that include promotion of physical activity practice are needed to improve the overall health status of this population. Keywords Diet Physical activity Smoking Alcohol drinking University studentsCurrently, there is extensive evidence that lifestyle factors, such as unhealthy diet, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking and sedentary lifestyle, contribute to an increase in morbidity and mortality due to the development of chronic diseases such as CVD, type 2 diabetes and cancer, among others (1,2) .Despite the fact that most studies have focused on the independent effect of each lifestyle factor on disease risk, recent publications have studied the synergistic effect of several combined lifestyle factors on health risk (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) . This is particularly important given that lifestyle factors tend to cluster in individuals (8)(9)(10)(11) . Hence, the study of the clustering of risk factors has important implications on both disease risk and the development of preventive interventions targeting the combination of risk factors rather than individual risk factors.As recent studies suggest, physical activity and diet are key factors for health maintenance, sharing -even synergistically -physiological mechanisms affecting the global metabolism (12,13) .It is well known that the prevalence of smoking, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity is increasing in Spanish adolescents and young adults, but information on the clustering of these behaviours is s...

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Clustering of lifestyle factors in Spanish university students: the relationship between smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and diet quality

Moreno-Gómez

Romaguera

Tauler

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

129

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“…Low Physical Activity (PA) (1 item): defined as achieving 0 vigorous and 0 or 1 day of moderate exercise in the past 7 days (Seo et al, 2007;El Ansari et al, 2011b). This was computed from two types (levels) of PA that were measured.…”

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Factors Associated With Smoking, Quit Attempts and Attitudes towards Total Smoking Bans at University: A Survey of Seven Universities in England, Wales and Northern ireland

Ansari¹,

Stock²

2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Objectives: This study assessed the associations between socio-demographic, health and wellbeing variables (independent variables) and daily smoking, attempts to quit smoking, and agreement with smoking ban (dependent variables). Methods: Data from 3,706 undergraduate students were collected from seven universities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland using a standardised questionnaire. Results: About 15.8% of the whole sample reported daily smoking, while 12% were occasional smokers. Smoking was significantly more prevalent among males, but the difference was due to a higher rate of occasional smokers. About every second smoker (55%) had attempted to quit smoking. Almost 45% of the whole sample agreed or strongly agreed with implementing a total smoking ban on campus. Daily smoking was more likely among students with not sufficient income, students whose fathers had at least a bachelor degree; and, students who reported binge drinking. Conversely, daily smoking was less likely among students who rated their health as very good/ excellent, those who ate ≥5 portions of fruit or vegetables, and those who had never taken illicit drugs. Previous attempt/s to quit smoking were more likely among students who have never taken illicit drugs and those who agreed with a total smoking ban; and less likely among those with not sufficient income. Daily smokers were less likely to report quit attempts as compared to occasional smokers. An agreement with smoking ban was more likely among students who rated their health as very good/ excellent, those who ate ≥5 portions of fruit or vegetables daily, and those who had never taken illicit drugs, but less likely among daily smokers. Conclusion: Favourable health practices and positive attitudes towards smoking ban were associated with each other. Interventions would need to comprise multi-component programmes that do not solely focus on smoking prevention/cessation, but also on other health promoting practices as well.

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“…6 A recent study indicates that a substantial proportion of college students fail to meet the VPA or MPA guidelines. 7 In general, participation in PA declines during the transition from high school to college settings. 8 Given that college students are exposed to many opportunities of socialization and behavior-governing norms, 8 one could assume that PA varies as a function of cultural factors in addition to other personal and behavioral determinants.…”

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“…7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] However, few studies have assessed cultural differences in determinants of PA involvement in this population. Most previous studies took an emic (culture-unique) approach, that is, using concepts derived from an examination of a specific culture, 17 studying PA behavior from within a single culture and determining its structure and determinants.…”

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Correlates of College Students’ Physical Activity: Cross-Cultural Differences

Seo

Torabi

Jiang

et al. 2009

Asia Pac J Public Health

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This study examined cross-cultural differences in personal and behavioral determinants of vigorous-intensity and moderate-intensity physical activity (PA) among college students living in distinctly different cultures, that is, the United States, Costa Rica, India, and South Korea. Participants of this study were recruited from randomly chosen public universities in the 4 countries during the 2006-2007 academic year. A total of 4685 students participated in the study (response rate 90%). Vigorous-intensity PA was measured by asking on how many of the past 7 days the participants participated in PA for at least 20 minutes that made them sweat or breathe hard. For moderate-intensity PA, participants were asked on how many of the past 7 days they participated in PA for at least 30 minutes that did not make them sweat or breathe hard. Findings indicate that whereas perceived overweight and fruit and vegetable consumption are relatively culture-free predictors of PA, gender and TV/video watching are culture-specific predictors. Binge drinking was not predictive of meeting the vigorous-intensity and moderate-intensity PA guidelines in any of the 4 countries.

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Relations Between Physical Activity and Behavioral and Perceptual Correlates Among Midwestern College Students

Abstract: Physical activity promotion requires tailored approaches that are dependent on the target segment of the college student populations.

Cited by 47 publications

References 29 publications

Clustering of lifestyle factors in Spanish university students: the relationship between smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and diet quality

Clustering of lifestyle factors in Spanish university students: the relationship between smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity and diet quality

Factors Associated With Smoking, Quit Attempts and Attitudes towards Total Smoking Bans at University: A Survey of Seven Universities in England, Wales and Northern ireland

Correlates of College Students’ Physical Activity: Cross-Cultural Differences

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