Weight gain and an increase in overweight and obesity in
college students raise serious health concerns. Weight
management interventions for college-age men and
women might be more effective if they were tailored to
subgroups of students with similar behavioral and psychosocial
characteristics associated with body weight status.
The purpose of this study was to use cluster analysis
to identify homogenous subgroups of college-aged men
and women enrolled in a weight gain prevention study