Health and Nutrition Among College Students and How Racism May Affect Health
Obesity is one of the greatest issues in America. We tend to live fast lives and do not have the time to cook meals, so we turn to fast food and processed food. These foods can take a detrimental tole on the body especially in conjunction with a lack of exercise. College students often bogged down by their schedules do not have the time or the budget to eat healthy. They often turn to “comfort food” and other unhealthy meals. And if taxing schedules aren’t enough some students cultural eating habits are not healthy either. According to The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (2015), one-third of adults in America are obese and 30.3% of those are young adults. …show more content…
did a study looking at which factors were more predictive of Eating Competency in college students: Their body mass index (BMI) or attitude about their weight. They used 1,720 students from a large state university as their participants. The results of a multiple regression showed that weight satisfaction and the want to lose weight were better predictors of Eating competency than BMI. The findings of Clifford et al. (2010) suggest that interventions should be aimed at improving body image and size acceptance. They also suggest that there is and a lack of eating competency among college students. Melton, Bigham, Bland, Bird, & Fairman did a study examining connections between technology use and specific health factors among college students. The participants were 591 students enrolled in spring 2012 general health education courses at a medium-sized southeastern university. Strong differences were found between technology use and 3 of the 4 health-related behaviors under study (BMI, sleep, and nutrition). As, technology continues to evolve health care professionals need to take into account the impact it may have of college …show more content…
They found their participants using the spring 2011 ACHA-NCHA II data set containing data from 105,781 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at 129 2-year and 4-year universities. Connections between institutional characteristics and health outcomes were complex with few clear patterns. Future research should consider individual student differences to improve understanding of how the environment affects student health. Lambiase, Kubzansky, & Thurston conducted research examining the connection between emotional vitality and incident stroke. There were 6,019 participants in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiological Follow-up Study. According to Lambiase et al. (2015), the history of stroke and coronary heart disease was self-reported, creating a possible bias. The observational design does allow determination of causal effect and the data should have been more current.
Obesity is one of the greatest issues in America. We tend to live fast lives and do not have the time to cook meals, so we turn to fast food and processed food. These foods can take a detrimental tole on the body especially in conjunction with a lack of exercise. College students often bogged down by their schedules do not have the time or the budget to eat healthy. They often turn to “comfort food” and other unhealthy meals. And if taxing schedules aren’t enough some students cultural eating habits are not healthy either. According to The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (2015), one-third of adults in America are obese and 30.3% of those are young adults. …show more content…
did a study looking at which factors were more predictive of Eating Competency in college students: Their body mass index (BMI) or attitude about their weight. They used 1,720 students from a large state university as their participants. The results of a multiple regression showed that weight satisfaction and the want to lose weight were better predictors of Eating competency than BMI. The findings of Clifford et al. (2010) suggest that interventions should be aimed at improving body image and size acceptance. They also suggest that there is and a lack of eating competency among college students. Melton, Bigham, Bland, Bird, & Fairman did a study examining connections between technology use and specific health factors among college students. The participants were 591 students enrolled in spring 2012 general health education courses at a medium-sized southeastern university. Strong differences were found between technology use and 3 of the 4 health-related behaviors under study (BMI, sleep, and nutrition). As, technology continues to evolve health care professionals need to take into account the impact it may have of college …show more content…
They found their participants using the spring 2011 ACHA-NCHA II data set containing data from 105,781 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at 129 2-year and 4-year universities. Connections between institutional characteristics and health outcomes were complex with few clear patterns. Future research should consider individual student differences to improve understanding of how the environment affects student health. Lambiase, Kubzansky, & Thurston conducted research examining the connection between emotional vitality and incident stroke. There were 6,019 participants in the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiological Follow-up Study. According to Lambiase et al. (2015), the history of stroke and coronary heart disease was self-reported, creating a possible bias. The observational design does allow determination of causal effect and the data should have been more current.