Prevalence and demographic, substance use, and mental health correlates of fasting among U.S. college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fasting is an unhealthy behavior that has been frequently used as part of weight loss attempts. To date, little research has been conducted to determine the prevalence and substance use and mental health correlates of fasting among college students. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and associations between any (≥ 1 time) and regular (≥ 13 times) occurrences of fasting in the past 4 weeks and substance use and mental health correlates among a large sample of college students from 2016 to 2020.

Methods

Data from four academic survey years (2016-2020; N = 8255) of the national (USA) Healthy Minds Study were analyzed. Unadjusted prevalence of any and regular fasting by survey year and gender was estimated. Multiple logistic regression an

SUBMITTER: Ganson KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293526 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature