The Association between Skipping Breakfast and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviour of Japanese Female Students in the Metropolitan Area

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  • Nakai Ayumi
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Koizumi Kayo
    Department of Sport Wellness Science, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Japan Women’s College of Physical Education
  • Ogawa Mutsumi
    Department of Human Health and Design, Faculty of Human Life and Environmental Sciences, Showa Women’s University
  • Yoshizaki Takahiro
    Faculty of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Toyo University
  • Sunami Ayaka
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Yokoyama Yuri
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Yasuda Jun
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Sasaki Kazuto
    Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Tada Yuki
    Department of Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Hida Azumi
    Department of Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture
  • Kokubo Yuki
    Department of Food and Nutritional Environment, College of Human Life and Environment, Kinjo Gakuin University
  • Toyama Kenji
    School of Nutrition & Dietetics, Faculty of Health & Social Services, Kanagawa University of Human Services
  • Inoue Kumiko
    Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Jumonji University
  • Kawano Yukari
    Department of Food and Nutritional Science, Faculty of Applied Bio-Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture

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  • 首都圏における女子大学生の朝食欠食と健康的生活行動との関連
  • シュトケン ニ オケル ジョシ ダイガクセイ ノ チョウショク ケッショク ト ケンコウテキ セイカツ コウドウ ト ノ カンレン

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The aim of this study was to explore the effects of breakfast consumption on both healthy lifestyle and perceived health of college females. The data from 577 female students of four universities in the metropolitan area were utilized in the present study (53.4% valid response rate). Participants were divided into three groups according to their breakfast consumption habits: Group 1 (456 participants, 79.0%) comprised participants who ate breakfast 7 times a week, Group 2 (63 participants, 10.9%) comprised those who ate breakfast 4-6 times a week, and Group 3 (58 participants, 10.1%) comprised those who ate breakfast less than 3 times a week. Those who did not eat breakfast every morning thus accounted for 21.0%, which was consistent with the results concerning 20 year-old females gained by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The females who skipped breakfast had relations to living alone, an irregular life, a nocturnal life, a decline in opportunities of cooking meals, little intake of energy and nutrients, and high scores of perceived poor health. These results suggested that, to live a healthy life, it is important for female college students to make a habit of having breakfast, and that they can have breakfast by both making it a rule to keep early hours and increasing the opportunities to come in contact with food, to master simple cooking skills and to make meals.

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