A Poobalan, L Aucott - Current obesity reports, 2016 - Springer
This article discusses the overweight/obesity situation among young adults in developing countries. For this target population, obesity prevalence ranges from 2.3 to 12%, and …
Background Social networking sites are widely used by university students. This study investigated the purposes for which social networking sites are used and their effects on …
M Hedayatnia, Z Asadi, R Zare-Feyzabadi… - Lipids in health and …, 2020 - Springer
Introduction Dyslipidemia may be defined as increased levels of serum total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), or a decreased serum …
Physical activity. Although longitudinal data are limited, there is evidence of dramatic changes in lifestyle characteristics during this period. Cohort data from Add Health indicate …
CJ Berg, E Stratton, GL Schauer, M Lewis… - Substance use & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There has been an increase in non-daily smoking, alternative tobacco product and marijuana use among young adults in recent years. Objectives: This study examined …
The transition from adolescence to adulthood is an important period for establishing behavioral patterns that affect long-term health and chronic disease risk. Nelson and …
XD Keating, J Guan, JC Piñero… - Journal of American …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The authors reviewed studies on college students' physical activity (PA) behaviors and found that previous research on this topic focused on describing college students' PA …
Background During the last few decades, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) experienced rapid socio-cultural changes caused by the accelerating economy in the Arabian Gulf …
RC Plotnikoff, SA Costigan, RL Williams… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
To examine the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving physical activity, diet, and/or weight-related behaviors amongst university/college students. Five online databases …