Using the Integrative Model to Predict Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults Attempting Weight Loss in Southern Oklahoma

Collado Rivera, Maria R.

Using the Integrative Model to Predict Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults Attempting Weight Loss in Southern Oklahoma

dc.contributor.advisor	Branscum, Paul W.
dc.contributor.author	Collado Rivera, Maria R.
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Larson, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Gao, Haijuan
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-17T14:22:51Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-17T14:22:51Z
dc.date.issued	2016-05-14
dc.date.manuscript	2016-05-13
dc.description.abstract	Adult obesity is a serious problem in the United States as approximately 68.5% of adults are overweight or obese. Obesity is caused by many factors including lifestyle behaviors, psychological and physiological circumstances, a genetic predisposition and elements of ones personal environment. One lifestyle behavior that has been strongly linked to obesity is the overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). As such, theory-based lifestyle interventions aimed at decreasing SSB consumption are greatly needed for adults currently consuming them. Therefore, purpose of this study was to explore the utility of the Integrative Model (IM), for predicting intentions to abstain from SSB consumption, among adults’ activity attempting to lose weight.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/34733
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	sugar sweetended beverages, predicting health behavior, integrative model	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Using the Integrative Model to Predict Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults Attempting Weight Loss in Southern Oklahoma	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Health and Exercise Science	en_US