Among young adults, college students and graduates practiced more healthful habits and made more healthful food choices than did nonstudents
Among young adults, college students and graduates practiced more healthful habits and made more healthful food choices than did nonstudents
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DOI：
10.1016/s0002-8223(97)00187-9
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发表时间：
1997-07-01
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通讯作者：
Voichick, J
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作者：
Georgiou, CC;Betts, NM;Voichick, J
目的健康相关的特点和习惯和食物选择的年轻人进行了比较，为三组：大学生，大学毕业生，和nonstudents.Design主题完成了邮寄调查，包括人口统计学，态度和行为的问题和食物频率问卷。主要结果的措施是健康相关的特点和习惯和food choice.Subjects女性（n=758）和男性（n=580）18- 24岁的人在9个州谁是随机选择的邮政编码在每个州。所有州的回答率平均为43%.Statistical analysis performed方差分析或卡方检验被应用到健康相关的个人特征variables和Kruskal-Wallis方差分析的食物消费变量分别为女性和男性independent.Results根据自我报告的身高和体重，女性非学生更经常超重比女学生或毕业生。两种性别的非学生报告吸烟比学生或毕业生更频繁。大学生和毕业生吃更多的粮食食品高膳食纤维，更多的水果和深绿色蔬菜，更多的低脂肪牛奶和肉类比nonstudents.Conclusions/Application非学生在一些慢性疾病的健康风险更大，因为较差的卫生习惯和食物的选择，比大学生和毕业生。非学生的行为意味着比学生或大学毕业生表现出的行为对促进体重控制，戒烟和遵守美国饮食指南的信息的反应较弱。健康促进工作可以通过确定人口，教育，情境和形成的影响，积极的健康和饮食行为的年轻人。
Objectives Health-related characteristics and habits and food choices of young adults were compared for three groups: college students, college graduates, and nonstudents.Design Subjects completed a mailed survey that included questions about demographics, attitudes, and behaviors and a food frequency questionnaire. Main outcome measures were health-related characteristics and habits and food choices.Subjects Female (n=758) and male (n=580) 18- to 24-year-olds in nine states who were selected randomly by zip code in each state. The response rate averaged 43% for all states.Statistical analyses performed Analysis of variance or chi(2) tests were applied to health-related personal characteristic variables and the Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance was applied to food consumption variables for women and men separately.Results According to self-reported heights and weights, female nonstudents were more often overweight than female students or graduates. Nonstudents of both genders reported smoking more often than students or graduates. College students and graduates ate more grain foods high in dietary fiber, more fruits and dark-green vegetables, and more lower-fat milk and meats than nonstudents.Conclusions/applications Nonstudents were at greater health risk for some chronic illnesses, because of poorer health habits and food choices, than were college students and graduates. The behavior of nonstudents implies weaker response to messages promoting weight control, smoking cessation, and observance of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans than behavior exhibited by students or college graduates. Health promotion efforts could be enhanced by identifying demographic, educational, situational, and formative influences on positive health and dietary behaviors of young adults.