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Male university students are significantly more likely to engage in physical activity than female students, while female students show greater concern for diet management.
Interventions should be gender-specific. For males, focus on diet quality as they are already active. For females, address cultural and environmental barriers to exercise rather than just providing education.
ModerateQualifiesMEDIUM confidence
The results show that males were more willing to engage in physical activity than females (p = 0.001)... Furthermore, female students had more concern in their diet management and nutrition than male students (p = 0.014).
Why this rating
Statistically significant association found in a large cross-sectional study.
Source
Health promoting lifestyle of university students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional assessment
Khalid M. Almutairi et al. · BMC Public Health · 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5999-z
cross_sectional · n=1656Cited 227×
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