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Assessing adolescent lifestyle factors and their effects on obesity indicators and nutrient intake
| dc.creator | Odefey, Misti Nicole | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:00:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:00:40Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2000 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2000-THESIS-O25 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Obesity can have serious health and psychological effects on children and adolescents. As obesity rates continue to rise, causes of the increase need to be identified. Changes in adolescent lifestyle could be partly to blame. This research examines adolescents living in a rural community to determine if relationships exist between individual lifestyle factors (physical activity, television, dieting, and nutrient intake) and obesity. Components of adolescent lifestyle also were combined using factor analysis to identify activities/habits that interrelated with one another to form a certain lifestyle that might contribute to weight gain in adolescence. Subjects who participated were from two rural communities in central Texas with ages ranging from 14-18 years. Data were obtained from a questionnaire that students completed in their health class. Statistical analysis included principal components, Pearson's correlations and linear regression. The results of this study showed very little relationship between lifestyle factors and obesity indicators; however, some of the relationships identified between physical activity, television, and nutrient intake are worthy of further investigation. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | nutrition. | en |
| dc.subject | Major nutrition. | en |
| dc.title | Assessing adolescent lifestyle factors and their effects on obesity indicators and nutrient intake | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | nutrition | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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