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Nichols, Tracy R.; Birnbaum, Amanda S.; Bryant, Kylie; Botvin, Gilbert J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
Research has begun to show associations between adolescents' mealtime practices and their engagement in problem behaviors. Few studies have addressed this longitudinally and/or examined lunchtime practices during the school day. This study tests for associations between urban multiethnic middle school students' (N = 1498) lunchtime practices in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Prevention, Drug Use, Grade 8
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Stanton, Cassandra A.; Fries, Elizabeth A.; Danish, Steven J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objective: To examine mother-child dietary concordance that may contribute to healthy eating practices critical to cancer prevention in underserved rural families. Methods: A brief food frequency questionnaire was administered to 404 sixth-graders and their mothers in rural Virginia and New York. Results: Significant dietary fat concordance rates…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Mothers, Cancer, Eating Habits
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Kenya, Sonjia; Brodsky, Mitchell; Divale, William; Allegrante, John P.; Fullilove, Robert E. – Journal of American College Health, 2003
The authors administered the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey to 1,219 college students who were attending a historically Black college located in New York City. They assessed the US-born Black students and Black students who emigrated to the United States for differences in risky sexual behaviors, risky dietary behaviors, and physical…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexuality, Physical Activities, Immigration