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Health behaviour profiles in young Australian adults in relation to physical and mental health:The Raine Study
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.35(4), pp.1010-1021
2024
Abstract
Issues Addressed: We aimed to identify latent health behaviour profiles of young adults and examine their associations with physical and mental health outcomes. We also characterised the profiles by socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: Data were collected between 2012 and 2014. Participants (N = 476) were young adults (M age [SD] = 22.1 [.57] years) from Generation 2 of the Raine Study longitudinal cohort. Health behaviours were measured via ActiGraph GT3X waist monitors (physical activity, sedentary behaviour) and questionnaires (diet quality, alcohol, smoking and sleep). Physical and mental health were measured using clinical health assessments, blood biomarkers, and questionnaires. Latent Profile Analysis using Mplus (8.2) was employed to identify profiles. Results: Four latent profiles were identified: ‘heavy drinkers with moderately unhealthy eating habits’ (high takeaway foods; n = 135), ‘unhealthy food abstainers’ (low takeaway foods; n = 138), ‘moderately sedentary alcohol abstainers’ (n = 139) and ‘physically active drinkers with unhealthy eating habits’ (high takeaway foods and sugary drinks; n = 64). ‘Physically active drinkers with unhealthy eating habits’ had the poorest (physical and mental) health outcomes, yet the lowest insulin resistance. ‘Unhealthy food abstainers’ had the most favourable health outcomes (adiposity, health perceptions, blood pressure). Sex differed among the profiles. Conclusions: The profiles identified among young adults are different to profiles with general adult populations. A novel finding was that ‘physically active drinkers with unhealthy eating habits’ had low insulin resistance. The findings also suggest that future interventions may need to be sex specific. So What: Our findings suggest that health behaviour interventions for young adults should be targeted to distinct profile characteristics.
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- Title
- Health behaviour profiles in young Australian adults in relation to physical and mental health:The Raine Study
- Authors/Creators
- Cecilie Thøgersen-NtoumaniDaniel F GucciardiJoanne A McVeighTherese A O'SullivanManon DontjeEmmanuel StamatakisPeter R EastwoodLeon Straker
- Publication Details
- Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Vol.35(4), pp.1010-1021
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Health Promotion Association.
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- We would like to thank all the Raine Study participants and their families, the Raine Study Team for cohort co-ordination and data collection and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council for their long-term contribution to funding the stAustralian National Health and Medical Research CouncilUniversity of Western Australia, School of Womenapos;s and Infantsapos; Health, King Edward Memorial HospitalRoyal Perth HospitalTelethon InstituteWiley - Curtin University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians
We would like to thank all the Raine Study participants and their families, the Raine Study Team for cohort co-ordination and data collection and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council for their long-term contribution to funding the study over the last 30 years. University of Western Australia, School of Women & apos;s and Infants & apos; Health, King Edward Memorial Hospital, The University of Western Australia, Medical School, Royal Perth Hospital, and the Telethon Institute for their in-kind support for biosample storage and curation. Open access publishing facilitated by Curtin University, as part of the Wiley - Curtin University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.
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- 991005714957507891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Vice Chancellery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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