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Top Health Concerns of Penn Students: Nutrition
November 2001 Web Survey (N=5459)
Office of Health Education, VPUL
| Student
Concern about Nutrition |
| Who
selected this issue as a top health concern for Penn students? |
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4 % of undergraduates
• 4 % of grad/professional/other students |
| Who
selected this as a top personal health concern? |
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18 % of undergraduates
• 10 % of grad/professional/other students |
| Which
groups are more likely to report personal concern about this
issue? 1 |
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Undergraduates (compared to grad/prof) |
| Prevalence |
| Indicator
1: Usually eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables
per day |
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7 % is the national average (NCHA) |
| Impact
on Academic Performance |
| How
do students rank this issue’s impact on their academics?
2 |
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Moderate, 2.0 for undergraduates
• Low, 1.0 for graduate/professional/ other |
| Preferred
Information Delivery |
| Among
those who selected this issue as a top personal health concern,
how do they prefer to get information and/or help? |
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37 % selected individual, face-to-face help
• 22 % selected website |
| Among
those who selected this issue as a top personal health concern,
from whom do they prefer to get information and/or help? |
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69 % selected health professional |
1. Results
of a logistic regression identifying these factors as statistically
significantly related to reporting concern about the issue.
2. Ranking is based on median of the distribution on a scale where
5 = “Extreme Negative Impact” to 1 = “No Negative
Impact”.
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