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

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

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 7, 1216-1219

Abstract: 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

Date: 2009
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