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Direct linkKameron B. Suire – ProQuest LLC, 2021
BACKGROUND: Approximately 37% of college students are overweight or obese and the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated weight management in college students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a motivational interviewing intervention compared to electronic education (control) on body composition and self-determination…
Descriptors: College Students, Body Weight, Self Management, Interviews
Cleamons, Vincient M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The prevalence of diabetes and other pathophysiological conditions has been correlated with the incidence of obesity. A large portion of an adult community in the northwestern United States suffers from excessive weight that has been linked to premature mortality rates and certain forms of diabetes. Excess calories from carbohydrate have been…
Descriptors: Obesity, Physiology, Correlation, Diabetes
Gallagher, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which university students report having been weight-teased by basic education teachers and how that has affected their social, physical, and academic well-being in the university. Bandura's (1999) theory of triadic reciprocal causation served as a framework for developing this research. An…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Mixed Methods Research
Kuo, Pei-Yi – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The United States has a weight problem. It's not just about food intake but also about energy consumption [97, 153]. This dissertation asks: "How can we encourage people to act in ways that are mutually beneficial for themselves and the environment?" To date, there is no single behavior intervention in the literature targets behavioral…
Descriptors: Life Style, Intervention, Body Weight, Health Behavior
Johnson, Jacqueline G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of the study was to explore the psychosocial aspects of weight and the daily-lived experiences of college students within the college environment. Two research questions guided this qualitative research: (a) How, and in what ways, does perception of weight influence identity development among college students before and during college;…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Body Weight, Student Experience, College Students
Shaw, Ryan Jeffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The goal of this study was to design an intervention that would help people stay in the continued response phase of the Behavior Change Process and help prevent weight relapse. Using the Behavior Change Process and regulatory focus theory, an intervention was developed that leveraged short message service (SMS) to deliver messages to people who…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Change, Body Weight, Health Behavior
