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Edgar León; Marcela Tabares; José Ignacio Baile; José Guadalupe Salazar; Ana Patricia Zepeda – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Introduction: Emerging adulthood has been described as a period of risk for body weight gain. Several studies have indicated that the positive or negative health behaviors established during this stage, tend to prevail the rest of life. However, there are discrepancies in published studies on weight change in freshmen and there are disagreements…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Habits, Body Weight, Health Behavior
Yangyang Deng; Yongju Hwang; Taewoo Kim; Sami Yli-Piipari – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine changes in freshman students' objectively measured body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA), and dietary behaviors (consumption of trans fats, sugars, and added sugars) during their first college semester. Methods: Twenty-eight participants (18.32 ± 2.2) completed the dietary (ASA24-US)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Body Composition, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
Jane Ogden; Alissa Chohan – Health Education, 2024
Purpose: Previous research demonstrates a consistent association between the media and body and eating related issues in children. Recent research has highlighted a role for "fat talk" to describe discourses around body size and food. One key source of media information is Disney animation films, yet to date no research study has…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Films, Animation, Discourse Analysis
Sheri Lokken Worthy; Heejae Lee – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals support individuals in making good decisions about their well-being in order to achieve an optimal quality of life (AAFCS, n.d.). The Body of Knowledge (BoK) includes individual well-being as one of its core concepts and wellness as a cross-cutting theme (McGregor, 2022; Nickols et al., 2009).…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Life Style, Well Being, Dietetics
Moyeda-Carabaza, Ana F.; Githinji, Phrashiah; Nguyen, Bong; Murimi, Mary – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To assess the dietary quality and determine the influence of food-away-from-home (FAFH) on dietary quality and weight status among faculty and staff. Participants and methods: Faculty and staff (n = 152) from a public university completed an online Food Frequency Questionnaire. Number of FAFH consumed per week, dietary intakes, dietary…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Dietetics, Food, Body Weight
Deb Hinchey; Bernice Garnett; Janet Gamble; Lizzy Pope – Health Education, 2025
Purpose: Teaching about nutrition is a crucial component of high school health education, with the potential to shape students' perceptions about food, weight and bodies and improve health outcomes. Weight-inclusive approaches have demonstrated success in improving body acceptance, decreasing dieting behaviors and anti-fat attitudes and improving…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Nutrition Instruction, High School Students, High School Teachers
Lucine Francis; Jennifer K. Peterson; Alexandra Peary; Erika Estrada-Ibarra; Nancy G. Russell; Krista Schroeder – Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Overweight and obesity are common in school-age children. Policy, system, and environmental (PSE) approaches--which entail making upstream changes to a school's context--can be leveraged to reduce childhood obesity. Nurses can advance PSE approaches in schools to promote healthy living habits. This review examines the effect of nurse-involved PSE…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, School Nurses, Comprehensive School Health Education
Czeczelewski, Jan; Czeczelewski, Marcin; Czeczelewska, Ewa – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The study investigates the changes in body composition, dietary intake and physical activity of Polish health faculty undergraduates. Methods: 340 university students were measured at the beginning their studies. Subsequent measurements were performed at the beginning of the following academic years. In total, 82 men and 87 women were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Body Weight, Body Composition
Aaron Bezzina; Erin D. Clarke; Lee Ashton; Trent Watson; Carole L. James – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
The workplace has been highlighted as a potential setting to deliver health promotion programs to target modifiable health behaviors that contribute to chronic disease. This review evaluated the effectiveness of interventions implemented within the workplace that targeted either smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity, and/or overweight and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Health Promotion, Smoking, Nutrition
Castañeda, Gail; Colby, Sarah E.; Olfert, Melissa D.; Barnett, Tracey E.; Zhou, Wenjun; Leite, Walter L.; Staub, Daniel; Mathews, Anne E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aims to: (1) examine gender differences for weight conscious drinking among college students accounting for the broader phenomenon (e.g. including the Alcohol Effects dimension); and (2) longitudinally examine the effect of weight conscious drinking behaviors on body mass index (BMI). Participants: United States freshmen…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Body Composition, Body Weight, Drinking
Dhaliwal, Khushmol K.; Avedzi, Hayford M.; Richard, Caroline; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Haqq, Andrea M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
We examined the relationship between weight status, appetite regulating hormones, and mealtime behaviors among children, (5-12 years old), diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a cross-sectional study. All (N = 21) completed anthropometry measurements and (n = 18) provided blood samples for hormone analysis. Mealtime behavior, dietary,…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Metabolism, Physiology, Eating Habits
Anastasia J. Bullock; Edie M. Goldbacher – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Emotional eating is prevalent among college women. Deficits in interoceptive awareness, or the ability to perceive and identify internal sensations, are associated with emotional eating. Separately examining the specific components of interoceptive awareness, appetite and emotional awareness, in relation to emotional eating may improve…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Eating Habits, College Students, Females
Samuel Durán-Agüero; Pablo Valdés-Badilla; Macarena Valladares; Valentina Espinoza; Francisco Mena; Gloria Oñate; Macarena Fernandez; Andres Godoy-Cumillaf; Mirta Crovetto – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To explore the associations between the consumption of three categories of ultra-processed food (sugary beverages, sweet, and salty snacks) and body mass index (BMI) among Chilean university students. Methods: We conducted a multi-center, descriptive study among 2,039 students from 6 Chilean universities. Food consumption was surveyed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Eating Habits, Food
Sophie Garnier; Sandra Joffroy; Bernard Thon; Gérard Auneau; Pascale Mauriège – Health Education Journal, 2024
Objective: Brisk walking helps postmenopausal women to maintain body weight and fat mass losses as well cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and to feel better. However, these long-term benefits have not been fully examined. The aims of this study were to compare the effects of a 2-year follow-up with those of a 4-month walking programme on body…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Fitness, Physical Health, Females
Tapanee, Pradtana; Reeder, Nicole; Christensen, Rebecca; Tolar-Peterson, Terezie – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between sugar and NNS consumption with body fat percentage in young adults. Methods: 524 college students were asked to complete the Web-based National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diet History Questionnaire II and had their body fat percentage measured using a bioelectrical…
Descriptors: Obesity, Eating Habits, At Risk Persons, Body Composition