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Gender differences in the associations among body mass index, weight loss, exercise, and drinking among college
Adam E Barry1, Shawn Whiteman, Anna K Piazza-Gardner
1a Department of Health Education and Behavior , University of Florida , Gainesville , Florida.
Objective:
To explore gender differences regarding weight management behaviors of college drinkers.
Participants:
Nationally representative sample of college students from the fall 2008 American College Health Association's National College Health Assessment II (N = 26,062 students).
Methods:
Structural equation modeling was used to examine potential gender differences in associations among exercise, weight loss behaviors, and alcohol use.
Results:
Critical ratio tests revealed that associations between exercise and weight loss behaviors were more strongly correlated among females as compared with males. For females, there was a small negative association between exercise and drinking behaviors; in contrast, for males, there was a positive relationship between exercise and alcohol use. Weight loss behaviors were positively associated with drinking for both female and male students; however, the association was significantly stronger for females.
Conclusions:
This investigation furthers previous research on drunkorexia and also sheds additional light on the gender-based differences in weight management behaviors of drinkers.
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