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An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults
This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst male and female students, both Qatari and non-Qatari. Seven hundred thirty t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25913183 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120404380 |
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author | Al-Nakeeb, Yahya Lyons, Mark Dodd, Lorna J. Al-Nuaim, Anwar |
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description | This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst male and female students, both Qatari and non-Qatari. Seven hundred thirty two students aged 18–25 years completed a self-reported questionnaire and an objective measure of BMI. Males and females had a high prevalence of being overweight and obesity and low levels of PA, according to well-established international standards. Three clusters were identified based on the students’ lifestyle and dietary habits. Cluster 1 (high risk factors) included those who engaged the least in healthy dietary practices and consumed the most unhealthy foods, participated in less PA and had the highest BMI. Cluster 2 (moderate risk factors) included those with considerably more habits falling into the moderate category, engagement in the most PA, the least TV and computer viewing time and had the lowest BMI. Cluster 3 (low risk factors) included those who engaged the most with the four healthy dietary practices, the least with the four unhealthy dietary practices and participated in moderate PA per week. This project provides valuable data that could be used by policy makers to address issues concerning student’s health. |
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spelling | pubmed-44102532015-05-05 An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults Al-Nakeeb, Yahya Lyons, Mark Dodd, Lorna J. Al-Nuaim, Anwar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This project examined the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults at Qatar University. It explored the clustering and differences in dietary habits, body mass index (BMI) and physical activity (PA) amongst male and female students, both Qatari and non-Qatari. Seven hundred thirty two students aged 18–25 years completed a self-reported questionnaire and an objective measure of BMI. Males and females had a high prevalence of being overweight and obesity and low levels of PA, according to well-established international standards. Three clusters were identified based on the students’ lifestyle and dietary habits. Cluster 1 (high risk factors) included those who engaged the least in healthy dietary practices and consumed the most unhealthy foods, participated in less PA and had the highest BMI. Cluster 2 (moderate risk factors) included those with considerably more habits falling into the moderate category, engagement in the most PA, the least TV and computer viewing time and had the lowest BMI. Cluster 3 (low risk factors) included those who engaged the most with the four healthy dietary practices, the least with the four unhealthy dietary practices and participated in moderate PA per week. This project provides valuable data that could be used by policy makers to address issues concerning student’s health. MDPI 2015-04-22 2015-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4410253/ /pubmed/25913183 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120404380 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Al-Nakeeb, Yahya Lyons, Mark Dodd, Lorna J. Al-Nuaim, Anwar An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title | An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title_full | An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title_fullStr | An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title_short | An Investigation into the Lifestyle, Health Habits and Risk Factors of Young Adults |
title_sort | investigation into the lifestyle, health habits and risk factors of young adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25913183 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120404380 |
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