scholarly journals Physical Activity and Health Risk Behaviours among Colleges of Education Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 020-027
Author(s):  
A.O. Abayomi ◽  
◽  
M.O. Moses ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

Prevalence of and intention to change dietary and physical activity health risk behaviours

Appetite ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 150-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia S. Cook ◽  
Fiona O’Leary ◽  
Tien Chey ◽  
Adrian Bauman ◽  
Margaret Allman-Farinelli
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours ◽  
Intention To Change

scholarly journals WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: health-risk behaviours on nutrition and physical activity in 6–9-year-old schoolchildren

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 3108-3124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudy MA Wijnhoven ◽  
Joop MA van Raaij ◽  
Agneta Yngve ◽  
Agneta Sjöberg ◽  
Marie Kunešová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Behavioural Health ◽  
Unhealthy Eating ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

AbstractObjectiveTo assess to what extent eight behavioural health risks related to breakfast and food consumption and five behavioural health risks related to physical activity, screen time and sleep duration are present among schoolchildren, and to examine whether health-risk behaviours are associated with obesity.DesignCross-sectional design as part of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (school year 2007/2008). Children’s behavioural data were reported by their parents and children’s weight and height measured by trained fieldworkers. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were performed.SettingPrimary schools in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal and Sweden; paediatric clinics in the Czech Republic.SubjectsNationally representative samples of 6–9-year-olds (n 15 643).ResultsAll thirteen risk behaviours differed statistically significantly across countries. Highest prevalence estimates of risk behaviours were observed in Bulgaria and lowest in Sweden. Not having breakfast daily and spending screen time ≥2 h/d were clearly positively associated with obesity. The same was true for eating ‘foods like pizza, French fries, hamburgers, sausages or meat pies’ >3 d/week and playing outside <1 h/d. Surprisingly, other individual unhealthy eating or less favourable physical activity behaviours showed either no or significant negative associations with obesity. A combination of multiple less favourable physical activity behaviours showed positive associations with obesity, whereas multiple unhealthy eating behaviours combined did not lead to higher odds of obesity.ConclusionsDespite a categorization based on international health recommendations, individual associations of the thirteen health-risk behaviours with obesity were not consistent, whereas presence of multiple physical activity-related risk behaviours was clearly associated with higher odds of obesity.

scholarly journals A survey of the prevalence of modifiable health risk behaviours among carers of people with a mental illness

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Bailey ◽  
Tim W. Regan ◽  
Kate M. Bartlem ◽  
John H. Wiggers ◽  
Paula M. Wye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Harmful Alcohol ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

Abstract Background Family carers provide significant support to people with a mental illness; yet may experience poor mental and physical health themselves. Among limited research addressing the physical health of carers, studies of carers of people with dementia and young people with psychosis suggest increased risk of chronic diseases in conjunction with higher levels of potentially modifiable lifestyle risk behaviours. This exploratory study, conducted with carers of people with various mental illnesses, aimed to determine: carer prevalence of health risk behaviours (inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, inadequate physical activity, harmful alcohol consumption, and tobacco smoking); interest in changing ‘at risk’ behaviours; and potential associations of socio-demographic characteristics with risk status and interest in change. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among family carers of people with a mental illness (N = 144) residing in New South Wales, Australia. Analyses explored risk behaviour prevalence and interest in change, and associations with socio-demographic variables. Results Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption was most prevalent (74.8%), followed by engaging in inadequate amounts of physical activity (57.6%); harmful alcohol consumption (36.3%) and smoking (11.8%). The majority of carers were interested in improving ‘at risk’ behaviours (56.3–89.2%), with the exception of alcohol consumption (41.5%). Previously or never married participants were more likely to consume inadequate amounts of fruits and/or vegetables compared to those married or cohabiting (Odds Ratio [OR]: 4.1, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.3–12.9, p = .02). Carers in the workforce were more likely to be engaging in inadequate physical activity (OR: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.2–5.7, p =  .02); and male participants were more likely to engage in harmful alcohol consumption (OR: 2.9, 95% CI: 1.1–7.9, p = .03). Working carers were approximately five times more likely to report interest in improving their alcohol consumption (OR: 5.1, 95% CI: 1.3–20.5, p = .02) compared to those not currently in the workforce. Conclusions Results suggest high engagement in health risk behaviours among carers of people with a mental illness, particularly with regards to harmful alcohol consumption. Findings suggest a need to develop and implement chronic disease prevention strategies. Further research with larger representative samples is needed to confirm findings.

scholarly journals The Associations between Health Risk Behaviours and Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adolescents

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (10) ◽  
pp. 666-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracie O Afifi ◽  
Brian J Cox ◽  
Laurence Y Katz
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Boys ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours ◽  
Nationally Representative

Objective: To examine associations between health risk behaviours and suicidal ideation and attempts in Canadian adolescents aged 12 to 13 years. Young adolescents think about and attempt suicide. However, most existing research on suicide has been conducted on individuals aged 15 years and older. Method: The present study examined a nationally representative Canadian sample of adolescents aged 12 to 13 years ( n = 2090). Health risk behaviours included disruptive (shoplifting, physical fighting, damaging property, fighting with a weapon, carrying a knife, and gambling), sexual (petting below the waist and sexual intercourse), and substance use behaviours (smoking cigarettes, consuming alcohol, marijuana or hash, and glue or solvents). Unadjusted and adjusted (for all significant health risk behaviour and psychiatric symptoms) models were tested. Results: All health risk behaviours were common among male and female adolescents. In unadjusted models, almost all health risk behaviours were associated with suicidal ideation and attempts among adolescent boys. In adjusted models, only damaging property, sexual intercourse, and smoking cigarettes remained statistically associated with suicidal ideation, while smoking cigarettes and using marijuana or hash remained statistically associated with suicide attempts among adolescent boys. All health risk behaviours were statistically associated with suicidal ideation and attempts among female adolescents in unadjusted models. In adjusted models, only carrying a knife remained statistically associated with suicidal ideation, while shoplifting and gambling remained statistically associated with suicide attempts among adolescent girls. Conclusions: Health risk behaviours among young adolescents are associated with suicidal ideation and attempts among young adolescents. Recognizing health risk behaviours among young adolescents may be one means of understanding who among them is at increased risk of suicidality.

scholarly journals Contribution of parental and school personnel smoking to health risk behaviours among Finnish adolescents

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Virtanen ◽  
Minna Pietikäinen ◽  
Mika Kivimäki ◽  
Pauliina Luopa ◽  
Jukka Jokela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

Physical Health Risk Behaviours in Young People with Mental Illness

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 781-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea McCloughen ◽  
Kim Foster ◽  
Nikka Marabong ◽  
David Miu ◽  
Judith Fethney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Young People ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours

scholarly journals Chronic disease health risk behaviours amongst people with a mental illness

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 731-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate M Bartlem ◽  
Jennifer A Bowman ◽  
Jacqueline M Bailey ◽  
Megan Freund ◽  
Paula M Wye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviours ◽  
Health Risk Behaviours
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