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      A cross-sectional study of Colombian University students’ self-perceived lifestyle

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          Abstract

          Background

          The Fantastic Lifestyle Questionnaire was designed for enabling staff working in health sciences and physical activity (PA) areas to measure lifestyles (LS) in the general population. The aim of this study was to assess the lifestyle in a sample of university students.

          Method

          This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, observational study involving 5,921 subjects’ aged 18- to 30-years-old (3,471 females) from three Colombian cities. Was applied “Fantastic” instrument (that consists of 25 closed items on the lifestyle), translated to Spanish in versions of three and five answers.

          Results

          Having a “good LS” was perceived by 57.4% of the females and 58.5% of the males; 14.0% of the females rating their LS as being “excellent” and males 19.3% (p < 0.001); 20.3% of the females and 36.6% of the males stated that they spent more than 20 min/day on PA (involving four or more times per week). Negative correlations between FANTASTIC score and weight ( r =  0.113; p < 0.01), body mass index (BMI) ( r = −0.152; p < 0.01) and waist circumference ( r = −0.178, p < 0.01) were observed regarding females, whilst the correlation concerning males was ( r = −0.143, p < 0.05) between Fantastic score and weight, ( r = −0.167 for BMI, p < 0.01) and ( r = −0.175, p < 0.01 for diastolic blood pressure). In spite of the students being evaluated referring to themselves as having a healthy LS (i.e. giving a self-perceived view of their LS), stated behaviour involving a health risk was observed in the domains concerning nutrition, PA and smoking.

          Conclusion

          Specific diffusion, education and intervention action is thus suggested for motivating the adoption of healthy LS.

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              High volumes of alcohol consumption and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) among university students have been shown to be associated with considerable harm to both those who consume alcohol and their fellow students. The vast majority of these studies are based on US and Canadian samples. The present article provides an overview of the characteristics of alcohol-consuming university students in Europe. 65 relevant articles published within the last 20years using European student populations could be identified. Sociodemographic, individual, social, and university-related characteristics associated with alcohol consumption patterns could be identified. Male students, in particular, tended to consume alcohol more often and in higher quantities, including RSOD. Students consumed alcohol chiefly during social gatherings and for social and enhancement motives. Those without family obligations and those living alone, with roommates or in areas with a high density of students were more likely to consume alcohol in higher quantities, and to engage in RSOD. Students tend to overestimate the extent of their fellow students' alcohol consumption. Health promotion and prevention efforts which focus on these characteristics (i.e., gender, drinking motives, living conditions and social norms), and which have been successful and evaluated among university students in the US and Canada, may also be very promising for their European counterparts. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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                robin640@hotmail.com
                reysirius@gmail.com
                huaca6@hotmail.com
                jeisonandres@yahoo.es
                fr_colombia@hotmail.com
                lauritta_franco@hotmail.com
                daniella.rincon@hotmail.com
                menesesjose77@gmail.com
                jorge.correa@urosario.edu.co
                Journal
                Springerplus
                Springerplus
                SpringerPlus
                Springer International Publishing (Cham )
                2193-1801
                24 June 2015
                24 June 2015
                2015
                : 4
                : 289
                Affiliations
                [ ]Grupo GICAEDS, Facultad de Cultura Física, Deporte y Recreación, Universidad Santo Tomás, Carrera 9 No 51-23, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
                [ ]Programa de Licenciatura en Educación Física y Deporte, Universidad del Valle, Meléndez, Cali, Colombia
                [ ]Facultad Educación a Distancia y Virtual. Institución, Universitaria Antonio José Camacho, Santiago de Cali, Colombia
                [ ]Centro de Estudios en Medición de la Actividad Física (CEMA), Escuela de medicina y ciencias de la salud (EMCS), Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
                Article
                1043
                10.1186/s40064-015-1043-2
                4478172
                26120506
                212e542b-99c0-4913-a248-609e407ca700
                © Ramírez-Vélez et al 2015

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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                : 13 May 2015
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