Posted on: Friday, November 26, 2004
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
KSSK going to all-holiday tunes beginning today
Advertiser Staff
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Students don't take care of themselves
Think college students are at the peak of health? In fact, most aren't as fit as when they started their higher education.
More juniors report exercising less than the same students did their freshman year. And more report increases in depression, alcohol consumption and stress.
A survey of 3,680 students by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute has been tracking student well-being at 46 colleges, reporting these results.
The good news? Religiously inclined students seem to see improved mental and emotional health. Those who don't attend religious services are more than twice as likely to report feeling depressed.
FINAL WORD
Actor Woody Harrelson, about living on Maui with his wife and two daughters in a solar-powered community:
"It's Shangri-La. I take my breakfast off the trees. I hang out with my kids and get in the ocean every day."
