Assessing overweight, obesity, diet, and physical activity in college students

Terry T.K. Huang; Kari Jo Harris; Rebecca E. Lee; Niaman Nazir; Wendi Born; Harsohena Kaur

doi:10.1080/07448480309595728

Assessing overweight, obesity, diet, and physical activity in college students

Terry T.K. Huang
, Kari Jo Harris
, Rebecca E. Lee
, Niaman Nazir
, Wendi Born
, Harsohena Kaur

School of Public and Community Health Sciences

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Abstract

The authors surveyed 738 college students aged 18 to 27 years to assess overweight, obesity, dietary habits, and physical activity. They used BMI (body mass index) > 25 kg/m² or BMI > 85th percentile and BMI > 30 kg/m¹ or BMI > 95th percentile to estimate overweight and obesity in those aged < 19 years. To define overweight and obesity in those > 20 years, they used BMI > 25 kg/m² and > 30 kg/m². They found overweight rates of 21.6% using BMI directly and 16.2% using BMI percentile and obesity rates of 4.9% using BMI directly and 4.2% using BMI percentile. More than 69% of the participants reported < 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day and more than 67% reported < 20 g of fiber per day; participants reported physical activity on fewer than 3 d/wk. Most college students are not meeting dietary and physical activity guidelines, suggesting the need for prevention interventions and increased understanding of overweight in college students.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-86
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American College Health Association
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07448480309595728
State	Published - 2003

Funding

This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute (KO7 CA87714)a nd the Cancer Research Foundation of America (Principal investigator: K. J. Harris, PhD, MPH).

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K07CA087714

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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College student
Diet
Obesity
Overweight
Physical activity

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