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Connecting the Dots: A Study to Determine the Differences in Diet Quality of Exercising and Non-Exercising Obese, Overweight, Normal Weight, and Underweight Male and Female College Age Individuals

Warren, Brian W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397179119

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2014, MS, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences.
The purpose of this study was to determine differences in diet quality of exercising and non-exercising obese, overweight, normal weight, and underweight male and female college age individuals. Demographic, body measures, physical activity, and dietary data of college age individuals 18 to 25 years old were collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database. A 2X2X4 factorial ANOVA using gender, physical activity status, and BMI respectively was performed to analyze the variables effect on diet quality. Numerous significant differences in dietary data existed between male and female college age individuals, mainly from increased nutrient intake. A significant difference in individual’s opinion of their diet health existed between weight statuses, although very little difference existed between actual dietary patterns. Overall, all groups had diets well below recommendations in fiber, fruit, and vegetable consumption, and well above sodium and saturated fat recommendations. While significant differences exist between gender, weight status, and physical activity status of college age individuals, the diet quality of each group remains equally poor. Future health interventions and initiatives should focus on college age individuals and the unique circumstances affecting the quality of their diet.
Natalie Caine-Bish (Advisor)
Karen Lowry Gordon (Committee Member)
Amy Miracle (Committee Member)
Nancy Burzminski (Committee Member)
75 p.
Behavioral Sciences; Health; Health Care; Health Sciences; Nutrition; Public Health
college; university; college age individuals; university age individuals; young adults; diet quality; physical activity; weight status; overweight; underweight; normal weight; obese; gender; male; female; NHANES; differences in diet quality

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  • Warren, B. W. (2014). Connecting the Dots: A Study to Determine the Differences in Diet Quality of Exercising and Non-Exercising Obese, Overweight, Normal Weight, and Underweight Male and Female College Age Individuals [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397179119

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Warren, Brian. Connecting the Dots: A Study to Determine the Differences in Diet Quality of Exercising and Non-Exercising Obese, Overweight, Normal Weight, and Underweight Male and Female College Age Individuals . 2014. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397179119.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Warren, Brian. "Connecting the Dots: A Study to Determine the Differences in Diet Quality of Exercising and Non-Exercising Obese, Overweight, Normal Weight, and Underweight Male and Female College Age Individuals ." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397179119

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© 2014, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License Connecting the Dots: A Study to Determine the Differences in Diet Quality of Exercising and Non-Exercising Obese, Overweight, Normal Weight, and Underweight Male and Female College Age Individuals by Brian W. Warren is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
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