美国大学生中的生活方式行为模式和社会人口预测因素:对慢性病风险和公共卫生干预措施的影响
Keegan T Peterson1, Melissa Bopp1
1Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA (KTP, MB).
American journal of lifestyle medicine
|July 7, 2025
概括
大学生大学的学生.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 大学生对于建立终身健康习惯至关重要,以预防慢性疾病.
- 在大学生中存在生活方式行为差异,受社会人口因素的影响.
- 了解这些行为是制定有针对性的公共卫生干预措施的关键.
研究的目的:
- 在大学生中识别不同的生活方式行为模式.
- 检查性别,性取向和种族/种族如何影响这些模式.
- 为促进健康行为和降低慢性疾病风险的定制策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 美国东北部一所大学的6,197名大学生 (2018-2024) 的自我报告数据的潜在类分析.
- 数据包括身体活动 (有氧和肌肉强化),饮食,睡眠和酒精/物质使用.
- 回归模型分析了性取向,性别认同和种族/种族对阶级成员身份的影响.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个不同的生活方式类别:"健康的聚会者" (36.8%),"平衡的健康寻求者" (9.6%),"冒险的生活方式" (43.5%) 和"久坐不动但健康意识" (10.0%).
- 很大一部分学生被归类为"有风险的生活方式者",从事更多的健康减弱行为而不是促进健康的行为.
- 男性性别,认同性少数群体以及特定的种族/民族身份是阶级成员身份的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 大学生之间的生活方式行为有很大的差异,其中一个显著的部分呈现出风险模式.
- 性别,性取向和种族/民族是与生活方式选择相关的关键因素,可能会增加慢性疾病的风险.
- 定制的公共卫生干预措施对于解决这些差异和减轻大学生群体的健康威胁至关重要.
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