Dietary self-monitoring is associated with increased likelihood of problematic alcohol use among college students.
J Am Coll Health
; 70(1): 274-279, 2022 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32208066
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To assess the relationship between dietary self-monitoring and problematic alcohol use including binge drinking, increased body confidence while drinking, and restricting food intake to compensate for alcohol consumption, among college students.Participants:
Undergraduate and graduate students from 12 US colleges participating in the Healthy Bodies Study in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years (n = 10,133).Methods:
Weighted prevalence was calculated for dietary self-monitoring and problematic alcohol use. Gender-stratified logistic regressions were used to assess relationships.Results:
Knowing nutrition facts was associated with restricting to compensate for alcohol consumption among women (OR = 2.42, p < .0001) and men (OR = 1.64, p = .002). Among women, knowing and counting calories predicted all problematic alcohol use behaviors. Among men, knowing calories was associated with restricting to compensate (OR = 2.69, p < .0001) and counting calories was associated with restricting to compensate (OR = 5.10, p < .0001) and increased body confidence while drinking (OR = 2.25, p < .0001).Conclusions:
Dietary self-monitoring predicts problematic alcohol use among college students, particularly women.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Am Coll Health
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States