Obesity and Vegetarianism in Seventh-day Adventist Women
type: CreativeWork
description: This thesis describes a comparative study of 82 vegetarian and 21 non-vegetarian Seventh-day Adventist females ages 25 to 65 to discover if there is a possible correlation between diet and weight. The subjects were chosen by random sampling in the specified target population and were personally interviewed by the use of a questionnaire. The general linear hypothesis analysis shewed that present age and relative weight at age 25 were significant in terms of present relative weight; however, physical activity and socioeconomic stratum were not significant. Diet, defined as vegetarian or non-vegetarian, was only marginally significant. Conclusions of this study are that weight at age 25 and present age are important associated factors in present weight.
abstract: This thesis describes a comparative study of 82 vegetarian and 21 non-vegetarian Seventh-day Adventist females ages 25 to 65 to discover if there is a possible correlation between diet and weight. The subjects were chosen by random sampling in the specified target population and were personally interviewed by the use of a questionnaire. The general linear hypothesis analysis shewed that present age and relative weight at age 25 were significant in terms of present relative weight; however, physical activity and socioeconomic stratum were not significant. Diet, defined as vegetarian or non-vegetarian, was only marginally significant. Conclusions of this study are that weight at age 25 and present age are important associated factors in present weight.
author: Van Camp Darnell, Charlotte Ann
language: English
keywords: Categorical Data Analysis, Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Obesity; Vegetarianism
date published: 1975-08-01T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T02:54:01Z
provider: Loma Linda University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Loma Linda University