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Disparities in dietary intake, meal patterning, and home food environments among young adult nonstudents and 2- and 4-year college students

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  • Nelson, M.C.
  • Larson, N.I.
  • Barr-Anderson, D.
  • Neumark-Sztainer, D.
  • Story, M.

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We examined whether young adult meal patterning, dietary intake, and home food availability differed among nonstudents, 2-year college students, and 4-year college students (N=1687; mean age=20.5 years).Unadjustedanalyses showed that few young adults consumed optimal diets and, compared with 4-year college students, nonstudents and 2-year students consumed fewer meals and poorer diets. After controlling for sociodemographics and living arrangements, we found that over half of the observed associations remained significant (P

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  • Nelson, M.C. & Larson, N.I. & Barr-Anderson, D. & Neumark-Sztainer, D. & Story, M., 2009. "Disparities in dietary intake, meal patterning, and home food environments among young adult nonstudents and 2- and 4-year college students," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(7), pages 1216-1219.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2008.147454_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.147454
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    1. Prince Atorkey & Judith Byaruhanga & Christine Paul & John Wiggers & Billie Bonevski & Flora Tzelepis, 2021. "Multiple Health Risk Factors in Vocational Education Students: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-17, January.

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