Effect of living arrangement on anthropometric traits in first-year university students from Canada: The GENEiUS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transition to university often involves a change in living arrangement for many first-year students. While weight gain during first year of university has been well documented, Canadian literature on the impact of living arrangement within this context is limited. The objective of this investigation was to explore the effect of living arrangement on anthropometric traits in first-year university students from Ontario, Canada.

Methods

244 first-year undergraduate students were followed longitudinally with data collected early in the academic year and towards the end of the year. Anthropometric parameters including weight, waist and hip circumference, body mass index (BMI), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were examined. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used for pa

SUBMITTER: Sharma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647062 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature