Trial reportHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2016
Stress, Health Risk Behaviors, and Weight Status Among Community College Students.
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- Stress management interventions for university students in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- The association between sedentary behaviour and indicators of stress: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- An 8-Week Peer Health Coaching Intervention among College Students: A Pilot Randomized Study.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for Community College Students (BASICCS): Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of web-conferencing BASICCS and supporting automated text messages.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2021Trial
- Stress, Health Behaviors, and Blood Pressure in College Students.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Chain relationship between cumulative ecological risk and physical activity pattern on college students mediated by exercise atmosphere and self-control.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The buffering effect of physical activity on adolescent psychological stress: a cross-sectional survey and a longitudinal follow-up of Chinese adolescents.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A Study of Relationships Between Mental Well-Being, Sleep Quality, Eating Behavior, and BMI: A Cross-Sectional Study Among University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Risk behavior for obesity: a conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Association between lactobacillus levels, depressive mood, and BMI in college students: the moderating role of physical activity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Exploring the Interplay between Stress Perception and Approach-Avoidance Achievement Goal Orientation among Rural Students in College: A Longitudinal Study in China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Eating Attitudes, Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Dietetic Students and Association with Body Mass Index and Body Fat Percent: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Lifestyle Behaviors among University Students-A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Adolescent sources of stress, stress levels, and associations between stress and changes in weight outcomes at the time of COVID-19 related school closure in March 2020.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Breaking the Link Between Negative Emotion and Unhealthy Eating: the Role of Emotion Regulation.Affective science · 2023Article
- The association of current exclusive e-cigarette use and dual use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes with psychological distress among U.S. adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Community-Based Participatory Research: Partnering with College Students to Develop a Tailored, Wellness-Focused Intervention for University Campuses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Development of the College Student Acute Stress Scale (CSASS).Perspectives in psychiatric care · 2022Article
- Dietary Risk Factors and Eating Behaviors in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to describe the relationship between stress, weight-related health risk behaviors (e.g., eating behaviors, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, cigarette smoking, and binge drinking), and weight status using cross-sectional data on 2-year community college students enrolled in a randomized controlled weight gain prevention trial. Modified Poisson regression and linear regression were used to examine crude and adjusted cross-sectional associations. Higher stress was associated with higher prevalence of overweight/obesity (crude prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.05; 95% confidence interval [CI: 1.01, 1.09]), though the relationship was no longer statistically significant after controlling for a wide range of weight-related health risk behaviors (adjusted PR = 1.04; 95% CI [1.00, 1.08]). Stress levels were significantly associated with meal skipping and being a current smoker. Future research should investigate the mechanisms through which stress is related to obesity risk and examine the causes of stress among this understudied population to inform the design of appropriate interventions.
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