Answer To: Paper topic - reducing the sugar intake in college students to lower obesity Attached below is a...
Shubham answered on Mar 15 2021
Running Head: SUGAR INTAKE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS 1
SUGAR INTAKE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS 8
TOPIC OF PAPER – REDUCING THE SUGAR INTAKE IN COLLEGE STUDENTS TO LOWER OBESITY
Results
The first article I took a look at was Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Contribute Significantly to College Students’ Daily Caloric Intake in Jordan. This study was being conducted to see if sweetened beverages and poor eating habits are the results of weight gain and obesity. According to Bawadi et al. (2019), the study participants were 1000 college students in Jordan ages 18-25. The students were assessed on their daily sugar intake by completing a questionnaire on how much sugar was added to a beverage a day. The study compared the students' sugar intake to their current body mass index. The final results showed the more students who consume sugar-sweetened beverages had a positive relation with having a higher BMI. From the article, the alignment of the theory was clear because it assured that the physical activities, in which these students keep them indulged, are bicycling, fast dancing and swimming in laps, running, pushups, weight lifting, sit-ups as well as many more.
The second article I took a look at was Obesity-Related Dietary Patterns and Health Status of Diabetes among At-Risk Latino College Students. This was being conducted because the numbers of type two diabetes and obesity have increased in Latino College students (Santos et al., 2016, p. 4). The participants that participated in this study were 156 Latino students in undergrad located in southern California. The students’ age ranged from 18 to 60 years old. Any of the students who had a genetic predisposition to type diabetes were considered to be a high risk for getting diabetes in the future. The study was measured by the participants answering a questionnaire. The questionnaire asked questions pertaining to age, gender, ethnicity, income, generational status and class standing (Santos et al., 2016, p. 5). This study showed that more than 75% of the participants ate an unhealthy diet and they had an increased BMI rate. The participants who ate a low-fat diet show a lower risk score for diabetes. As per the study, it is also found that early adulthood is that stage where sugar consumption is common and it can be reduced easily. We can say that behavior change is difficult to implement.
The third article, I took a look at, was College Students and Eating Habits. This study is being conducted because of the rise of obesity. This article uses the social-ecological model to figure out barriers and enablers that play a role in a college student's eating habits. The participants in this study were 18 to 25-year-old students from Cornell University in Ithaca. The participants were broken up into focus groups. The students were placed in their focus groups based on a questionnaire filled out during the prescreening. The focus groups were broken up by race/ethnicity, gender, age, BMI, the field of study, students with an extra job, physical activity, self-assessment, weight status, and size of their city (Sogari et al., 2018, p. 5).
This study used the social-ecological model to figure out what influences the student at Cornell University's eating habits. The researchers evaluated what barriers and enablers might influence the students eating behaviors on an individual level, social- level, and environmental level. This study allowed the researcher to figure out why the student did not have a healthy eating habit. By doing this,...