JACN Did you know that you can get alerts when a new issue is online?
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Troyer, D.
Right arrow Articles by Hopewell, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Troyer, D.
Right arrow Articles by Hopewell, R.

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol 9, Issue 4 303-307, Copyright © 1990 by American College of Nutrition

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Physical activity and condition, dietary habits, and serum lipids in second-year medical students

D. Troyer, I. H. Ullrich, R. A. Yeater and R. Hopewell
Department of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown.

Level of physical activity has been found to be an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease. Because lifestyle and dietary habits are frequently established by early adulthood, we examined the physical activity, physical fitness, body composition, plasma lipids, and diets of a group of second-year medical students. Medical students were studied because of the presumption that they were knowledgeable about exercise and appropriate diet and would have future influence on their patients. A questionnaire which assessed physical activity was returned by 69 (89%) of the 80 students. Over 50% reported no hard or very hard physical activity either during the week or on weekends. Three subjects were smokers. Body composition, cardiovascular fitness, and plasma lipids were assessed in 20 subjects selected at random from the 69. Five of the 15 men, but none of the five women, had greater-than-desirable body fat. Cardiovascular fitness was at least average compared to normal values, but three had hypertension at rest and 12 had hypertensive responses to exercise. Seven of the men had LDL cholesterol above 130 mg/dl and three had LDL:HDL ratios greater than 3. There was a positive correlation (r = 0.5, p = 0.02) between hard/very hard activity assessed by questionnaire and VO2max and a negative correlation (r = 0.4, p = 0.05) between VO2max and percent fat. All 20 subjects reported above average to severe amounts of stress. Analysis of a 48-hr diet record of 22 students showed an average consumption of 47% carbohydrates, 17% protein, and 36% fat. The polyunsaturated/saturated ratio was 0.43.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Biol Res NursHome page
A. Irazusta, S. Gil, F. Ruiz, J. Gondra, A. Jauregi, J. Irazusta, and J. Gil
Exercise, physical fitness, and dietary habits of first-year female nursing students.
Biol Res Nurs, January 1, 2006; 7(3): 175 - 186.
[Abstract] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1990 by the American College of Nutrition.