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Direct linkKim, Cheong Hoon; Kang, Kyung-Ah; Shin, Sunhwa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether low healthy lifestyle (HL) status was associated with alcohol and food addiction risks among college students. Method: The data were gathered through an online survey questionnaire from 311 college students. The students were divided into either a lower or a higher HL status group, based on HL mean…
Descriptors: Life Style, Health Behavior, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse
Download full textPolat, Ahmet; Topal, Murat – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2022
Digital game addiction was classified as a disease by the World Health Organization. It is characterized by impaired control over gaming and increasing priority given to gaming over other activities. Especially for school-age children, there are concerns about the effects of gaming addiction on health problems that are difficult to treat later and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Grade 6
Gun, Adem; Agirbas, Ozturk – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2019
Context: The aim of the study was to identify the relationship between exercise addiction (EA) and physical activity levels (PAL) and body mass index (BMI) of students of Physical Education and Sports College (PESC). Methods: The study consists of 204 male and 101 female from Erzincan University PESC. Personal Information Form, Exercise Dependence…
Descriptors: Correlation, Exercise, Addictive Behavior, Body Composition
Demirbilek, Muhammet; Minaz, Mert – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2020
Smartphone addiction and physical inactivity are often a major public health problem across the world. This research was aimed to determine the smartphone addiction status, physical activity levels and related factors of university students. Using convenience sampling, university students in Isparta/Turkey completed two questionnaires in Spring…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Life Style, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Blackstone, Sarah R.; Johnson, Aimee K.; Sutton, Debra – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: Limited research exists on mental health correlates of behaviors of weight-conscious drinking (BWCD) and students' perceptions of how BWCD should be addressed. Purpose: The objectives were to (1) examine BWCD and different aspects of mental health and (2) gain insight into students' perceptions of such behaviors and potential…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Mental Health, Drinking, Student Attitudes
González-Valero, Gabriel; Ubago-Jiménez, José Luis; Zurita-Ortega, Félix; Chacón-Cuberos, Ramón; Castro-Sánchez, Manuel; Puertas-Molero, Pilar – Education Sciences, 2018
The creation of healthy habits and lifestyles is fundamental in the educational field and for acquiring adequate health levels that will prevail in adulthood. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics and correlations between the level of practice of physical activity, adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD), body mass index…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Life Style, Body Composition, Body Height
Cowan, Jennifer A.; Devine, Carol M. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: To determine the effect of an educational and environmental intervention on diet, body mass index, and waist circumference of men in substance addiction treatment. Methods: One hundred three racially/ethnically diverse men in 6 urban substance addiction residential treatment facilities in Upstate New York participated in weekly…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Substance Abuse, Intervention, Food
Shead, N. Will; Derevensky, Jeffrey L.; Fong, Timothy W.; Gupta, Rina – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
There is a current lack of descriptive information on college students who gamble on the Internet. With the increasing popularity of Internet gambling, this study aimed to better understand the profile of Internet gamblers among a sample of college students. Of 909 students at the University of California-Los Angeles who completed an online…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Drinking, Body Composition, Internet
Fitch, Trey, Ed.; Marshall, Jennifer L., Ed. – American Counseling Association, 2011
In this book, group work and college counseling leaders offer step-by-step instruction in the effective use and processing of structured group activities on topics such as test anxiety; stress and anxiety management; ADHD; career development; substance abuse; eating disorders; and the unique concerns faced by GLBT students, first-generation…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, First Generation College Students, Eating Disorders, Career Development
