Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Chaurasia, Ashok"
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A gender-stratified, multilevel latent class assessment of chronic disease risk behaviours' association with Body Mass Index among youth in the COMPASS study
Hammami, Nour; Chaurasia, Ashok; Bigelow, Philip; Leatherdale, Scott T. (Elsevier, 2019-09)This paper sought to examine chronic disease risk behaviour latent classes and their association with Body Mass Index (BMI), assessing for gender differences. Participants were youth (n = 116,086; grades 9–12) enrolled in ... -
Identifying behavioural characteristics of tobacco product and e-cigarette use clusters: A repeat cross-sectional analysis
Cole, Adam G.; Chaurasia, Ashok; Kennedy, Ryan D.; Leatherdale, Scott T. (Elsevier, 2019-03-01)Background Youth may use a variety of tobacco products and e-cigarettes. However, there is a lack of evidence for the combinations of tobacco products and e-cigarettes commonly used by youth in Canada and whether youth ... -
A quasi-experimental examination of how changes in school-level intramurals are associated with physical activity among a sample of Canadian secondary school students from the COMPASS study
Burns, Kathleen E.; Chaurasia, Ashok; Carson, Valerie; Leatherdale, Scott T. (Elsevier, 2021-06)Introduction Intramurals in schools may encourage physical activity among youth. Schools are continuously making changes to these intramurals, yet it is not well understood how these changes impact youth physical activity. ...