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Booker, Robert; Novik, Melinda; Galloway, Riley; Holmes, Megan E. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Investigate the relationship between intensities of physical activity and severity of drunkorexia behaviors. Participants: First-year college students living in residence halls (n = 127) completed an online survey comprising drinking, drunkorexia, and physical activity. Methods: Multiple hierarchical linear regressions were implemented…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
Hoyt, Lindsay Till; Sabol, Terri J.; Chaku, Natasha; Kessler, Courtenay L. – Grantee Submission, 2019
This study took a life course approach to examine associations among family income from birth to age 15, and adolescent health and well-being. Utilizing latent growth mixture modeling, we identified four distinct family income trajectories based on changes in low-income status (family income [less than or equal to] 200% of the federal poverty…
Descriptors: Family Income, Adolescents, Child Health, Well Being
Garcia, Sophia E. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there are differences in weight status, aerobic and strength physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and perceived stress about having enough money to buy nutritious meals between United States college students who live on campus and college students who live off campus. A…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Physical Activities, Muscular Strength, Eating Habits
Nkansah-Amankra, Stephen; Walker, Ashley Dawn – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: Self-rated health (SRH) has become a key organizing construct for assessing multiple dimensions of populations' physical and psychosocial health functioning. However, it is unclear how adolescents' subjective self assessment of health reflects health risk exposures, co-occurring health risks (problem behaviours) and other pre-existing…
Descriptors: Mentors, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Health Behavior, Parent Role
von Stumm, Sophie; Deary, Ian J.; Kivimaki, Mika; Jokela, Markus; Clark, Heather; Batty, G. David – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Childhood behavior problems are associated with premature mortality. To identify plausible pathways that may account for this association, we explored the extent to which childhood behavior problems relate to health behaviors and health outcomes at midlife. Methods: The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF) study comprises 12,500…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Gender Differences, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems
Marceau, Kristine; Ram, Nilam; Houts, Renate M.; Grimm, Kevin J.; Susman, Elizabeth J. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Pubertal development is a nonlinear process progressing from prepubescent beginnings through biological, physical, and psychological changes to full sexual maturity. To tether theoretical concepts of puberty with sophisticated longitudinal, analytical models capable of articulating pubertal development more accurately, we used nonlinear…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Individual Characteristics, Females, Child Health
Hove, Oddbjorn – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Prevalence of underweight and obesity were investigated in 282 mentally retarded persons living on the West Coast of Norway. Data collected in this survey suggest that people with severe mental retardation were more likely to be underweight and people with mild mental retardation were more likely to be obese. Compared to persons of average…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Severe Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Body Weight