The relationship between cumulative ecological risk and health risk behaviors among Chinese adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the relationship between cumulative ecological risk and individual risky behavior and multiple forms of aggregated behaviors among adolescents, and examine the gender differences.

Methods

A large-scale, nationally representative, and students-based investigation was conducted in rural and urban areas of eight provinces in China from October to December 2021. A total of 22 868 adolescents with an average age of 14.64 years completely standardized questionnaire in which the sociodemographic characteristics, socio-ecological risk factors and risky behaviors were used to analyze.

Results

Of included students, 48.4% encountered the high level of social-ecological risk. The prevalence of breakfast intake not daily, alcohol use (AU), smoking, physical i

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895731 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature