Abstract
College students today face numerous health issues such as obesity, depression, type 2 diabetes, and hypertension. Students in their late teenage years and early twenties exist in environments that favor high food intake and low energy expenditure. Society focuses mainly on physical health when there are ten different dimensions of health that make up a person’s well-being. This study includes 2,670 students from La Sierra University who took a health assessment questionnaire on the ten dimensions of health from Testwell. Based on demographics such as gender, race, college major, housing, and year in school, data was collected to determine which areas students score higher or lower in using SPSS statistical analysis. Results found that students at La Sierra University scored higher than the national average for all of the dimensions except physical fitness and nutrition. Outcomes showed significant findings such as English and Communication majors scoring significantly higher than other majors in seven of the ten dimensions. Students who rent a place to live off-campus have significantly higher scores in intellectual wellness and physical fitness. Caucasian students scored higher than other ethnicities in a majority of the dimensions as well.
Presenters
Kim KnowltonChair, Assistant Professor, Health and Exercise Science, La Sierra University, California, United States
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Theme
Health Promotion and Education
KEYWORDS
Testwell, Health, Behaviors, Wellness, Assessment, Survey, College, Students, Lifestyle
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