Binge drinking (a male drinking 5 or more drinks in one setting and a female drinking 4 or more drinks in one setting) has become very common in young adults that go to a 4-year college. Binge drinking is linked to higher levels of injuries, sexual and physical assaults, higher criminal activity, unprotected sex, missing […]
C50-P: Associations Among Diet and/or Exercise Intervention on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Cardiometabolic risk refers to a set of risk factors that increase the likelihood of experiencing vascular events or developing diabetes. Risk factors (CRFs) include but are not limited to hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, obesity, inflammatory profile, and ethnicity. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of diet and/or exercise intervention on cardiometabolic risk […]
C56-P: The Relationship Between Race and Alcohol Consumption in College Students’ Social Networks
Alcohol consumption is a problem among college students. Annually, 1,800 students age 18 to 24, die due to alcohol related injuries and accidents (Hingson et al., 2009). Recently, rates of alcohol consumption have increased among college students (Schulenberg et al., 2019). Among college students, research has shown that a person’s peer group is one of […]
B48-P: The Interplay of Music and Alcohol in Regulating College Students’ Mood
Alcohol is a public health concern across university campuses and is known to regulate individuals’ mood. It has been evidenced that alcohol’s impact on mood yields negative consequences such as impaired judgment and an increase in drinking to cope. Drinking to cope is very common among college students and has been shown to increase one’s […]