title: Eat, sleep, work, play: associations of weight status and health-related behaviors among young adult college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine relationships of sleep, eating, and exercise behaviors; work time pressures; and sociodemographic characteristics by weight status (healthy weight [body mass index or BMI < 25] vs. overweight [BMI ≥ 25]) of young adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine U.S. universities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Enrolled college students (N = 1252; 18-24 years; 80% white; 59% female).
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ), Satter Eating Competence Inventory (ecSI), National Cancer Institute Fruit/Vegetable Screener, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, Work Time Pressure items, and sociodemographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chi-square and t-tests determined significant bivariate associations of sociodemographics, sleep behaviors, eating behaviors, physical activity behavior, and work time pressures with weight status (i.e., healthy vs. overweight/obese). Statistically significant bivariate associations with weight status were then entered into a multivariate logistic regression model that estimated associations with being overweight/obese.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sex (female), race (nonwhite), older age, higher Global PSQI score, lower ecSI total score, and higher TFEQ Emotional Eating Scale score were significantly (p < .05) associated with overweight/obesity in bivariate analyses. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that sex (female; odds ratio [OR] = 2.05, confidence interval [CI] = 1.54-2.74), older age (OR = 1.35, CI = 1.21-1.50), higher Global PSQI score (OR = 1.07, CI = 1.01-1.13), and lower ecSI score (OR = .96, CI = .94-.98), were significantly (p < .05) associated with overweight/obesity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings suggest that obesity prevention interventions for college students should include an education component to emphasize the importance of overall sleep quality and improving eating competence.
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Quick
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Byrd-Bredbenner
authors.forename: Adrienne A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Onikia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colby
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoff
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lohse
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horacek
authors.forename: Tanda
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kidd
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012890:Sleep; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014937:Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Behaviors; Eating; Health focus: weight control; Manuscript format: research; Outcome measure: behavioral; Prevention Research; Research purpose: modeling/relationship testing; Setting: school; Sleep; Strategy: skill building/behavior change; Study design: nonexperimental; Target population age: adults; Target population circumstances: education/income level, race/ethnicity; Weight; Young Adults, Health