Relation between Eating Habits and a High Body Mass Index among Freshman Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relation between eating habits and a high body mass index (BMI) in first-year freshman university students and included 2525 freshman university students 18 to 22 years old from a Turkish population. Methods: İn this study, 48% of the students were men. Th...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2012-06, Vol.31 (3), p.167-174
Main Authors: Gunes, Fatma Esra, Bekiroglu, Nural, Imeryuz, Nese, Agirbasli, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
eating habits
Energy Intake
Feeding Behavior
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Food Services
freshman students
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
overweight
Overweight - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Students
Turkey - epidemiology
Universities - statistics & numerical data
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
Weight Gain
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relation between eating habits and a high body mass index (BMI) in first-year freshman university students and included 2525 freshman university students 18 to 22 years old from a Turkish population. Methods: İn this study, 48% of the students were men. They were asked to complete a questionnaire on their dietary habits including the frequency of their consumption of individual food items, demographic data, and smoking habit. Results: The effects of eating habits on increased BMI (≥25) were analyzed. Of 2259 subjects included in the analyses, 322 were overweight or obese and 1937 had normal and thin BMI (
ISSN:0731-5724
1541-1087
DOI:10.1080/07315724.2012.10720024