The effects of Young Adults Eating and Active for Health (YEAH): a theory-based Web-delivered intervention.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a tailored theory-based, Web-delivered intervention (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health) developed using community-based participatory research process.

Design: A 15-month (10-week intensive intervention with a 12-month follow-up) randomized, controlled trial delivered via Internet and e-mail.

Setting: Thirteen college campuses.

Development of Young Adults Eating and Active for Health (YEAH) internet-based intervention via a community-based participatory research model.

Objective: To develop a tailored, theory-based, Web-delivered intervention to prevent excessive weight gain in young adults using a Community-Based Participatory Research model.

Design: Investigators from 14 universities developed the intervention and supporting administrative portal using the 4 phases of the PRECEDE model. Steering committees were composed of the target audience (aged 19-24 years) and key health/wellness personnel were formed at each institution and provided information during each phase that was used to guide development of the intervention, Project YEAH (Young Adults Eating and Active for Health).

Impact of an online healthful eating and physical activity program for college students.

Purpose: To identify impact of an online nutrition and physical activity program for college students.

Design: Randomized, controlled trial using online questionnaires and on-site physical and fitness assessments with measurement intervals of 0 (baseline), 3 (postintervention), and 15 months (follow-up).

Setting: Online intervention delivered to college students; a centralized Web site was used for recruitment, data collection, data management, and intervention delivery.

Sneakers and spokes: an assessment of the walkability and bikeability of U.S. postsecondary institutions.

The purpose of the study described in this article was to assess the walkability and bikeability of 15 U.S. postsecondary education campuses.

Sweet and salty. An assessment of the snacks and beverages sold in vending machines on US post-secondary institution campuses.

This study assessed the nutritional quality of snacks and beverages sold in vending machines. The contents of snack and beverage vending machines in 78 buildings on 11 US post-secondary education campuses were surveyed. Of the 2607 snack machine slots surveyed, the most common snacks vended were salty snacks (e.

Maternal parenting behaviors during childhood relate to weight status and fruit and vegetable intake of college students.

Objective: Examine how maternal parenting behaviors in childhood, both general and feeding specific, relate to weight status and fruit and vegetable consumption in college students.

Design: Retrospective surveys on maternal behaviors and assessments on the college-aged child's current anthropometric measures and dietary intakes.

Participants: College students (n = 424; 66% women).

Identifying clusters of college students at elevated health risk based on eating and exercise behaviors and psychosocial determinants of body weight.

Weight gain and an increase in overweight and obesity in college students raise serious health concerns. Weight management interventions for college-age men and women might be more effective if they were tailored to subgroups of students with similar behavioral and psychosocial characteristics associated with body weight status. The purpose of this study was to use cluster analysis to identify homogenous subgroups of college-aged men and women enrolled in a weight gain prevention study (Project WebHealth) using baseline data collected in 2008.