Stress, Health Risk Behaviors, and Weight Status among Community College Students

Autor/inn/en	Pelletier, Jennifer E.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Laska, Melissa N.
Titel	Stress, Health Risk Behaviors, and Weight Status among Community College Students
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 43 (2016) 2, S.139-144 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198115598983
Schlagwörter	Stress Variables; Case Studies; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; Eating Habits; Smoking; Body Weight; Health Behavior; Risk; Intervention; Incidence; Obesity; Sleep; Physical Activity Level; Alcohol Abuse; Community Colleges; College Students; Prevention; Program Descriptions; Program Design; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Rauchen; Körpergewicht; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Risiko; Vorkommen; Adipositas; Schlaf; Community college; Community College; Collegestudent; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung
Abstract	The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between stress, weight-related health risk behaviors (e.g., eating behaviors, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, cigarette smoking, and binge drinking), and weight status using cross-sectional data on 2-year community college students enrolled in a randomized controlled weight gain prevention trial. Modified Poisson regression and linear regression were used to examine crude and adjusted cross-sectional associations. Higher stress was associated with higher prevalence of overweight/obesity (crude prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.01, 1.09]), though the relationship was no longer statistically significant after controlling for a wide range of weight-related health risk behaviors (adjusted PR = 1.04; 95% CI [1.00, 1.08]). Stress levels were significantly associated with meal skipping and being a current smoker. Future research should investigate the mechanisms through which stress is related to obesity risk and examine the causes of stress among this understudied population to inform the design of appropriate interventions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01