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Measuring Health of College Students: Food Security, Diet Quality, and Physical Activity

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dc.contributor.authorThanawala, Ninad
dc.contributor.authorRubinow, Dave
dc.contributor.authorRoga, Zachary
dc.contributor.authorLiou, Harris
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-27T22:14:26Z
dc.date.available2018-04-27T22:14:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-04-27
dc.description.abstractA cross-sectional study was conducted to assess food security, diet quality, and physical activity in college students using a sample of NHANES data on the United States. Prevalence rates of participants achieving full food security, >50 Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2010 composite score, and >150 minutes moderate or vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week were measured. Results showed that 28.8% of college students were food insecure, 34.5% had an above-50 HEI score, and 58.2% achieve adequate physical activity per week. In comparison, adults in the general population have lower rates of food insecurity (22.4%), higher rates HEI above 50 (42.2%), and lower rates of adequate physical activity (35.6%), with p<0.05 for all comparisons. These findings suggest that interventions to improve students’ food access and diet quality may be important to implement by institutions of higher education.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/57013
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectCollege Healthen_US
dc.subjectCollege Nutritionen_US
dc.subjectCollege Food Securityen_US
dc.subjectCollege Physical Activityen_US
dc.subjectNHANESen_US
dc.titleMeasuring Health of College Students: Food Security, Diet Quality, and Physical Activityen_US
dc.typereporten_US

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