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OBJECTIVES:To examine how stress and health-related behaviors affect freshman weight change by gender. METHODS:Three hundred ninety-six freshmen completed a 40-item health behavior survey and height and weight were collected at baseline and follow-up. RESULTS:Average weight change was 5.04 lbs for males, 5.49 lbs for females. Weight gain was related to increased alcohol consumption (P=0.014) in men and increased workload (P<0.001) in women. Weight loss was associated with lower academic confidence at baseline (P=0.009) and peer pressure modified by alcohol increase (P=0.025) in men, and fruit/vegetable consumption at baseline (P=0.015) in women. CONCLUSIONS:Gender-specific approaches to weight management in this population are needed.
journal_name
Am J Health Behavjournal_title
American journal of health behaviorauthors
Economos CD,Hildebrandt ML,Hyatt RRdoi
10.5555/ajhb.2008.32.1.16subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
16-25issue
1eissn
1087-3244issn
1945-7359journal_volume
32pub_type
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