Unhealthy Behavior Common Among University Students30 Dec 2012-nbsp;-nbsp;-nbsp;
An analysis of student lifestyles was carried out by researchers at the University of Vigo to evaluate how much students drink, whether or not they take illegal drugs, their diet and how much exercise they do. The results of the study published by the Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health indicates that a surprising number of students engage in unhealthy behavior, especially excessive drinking.
One of the main authors, Jose M. Cancela said: The amount drunk per unit of time is higher among women. In other words, even though male students drink more often, females do so more intensively in shorter periods of time, which is known as binge drinking."
A total of 985 students of various different courses at the University of Vigo were randomly selected to be interviewed. The results were slightly shocking and highlighted the extent of alcohol and substance abuse among students, especially women.
Of the men interviewed 41.7% admitted to living a sedentary lifestyle compared to 51.2% women. Women were also found to do a lot less exercise than men with only 20.9% of women doing physical exercise compared to 38.6% of men. Men took illegal drugs more often than women.
The researchers note:
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