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Associations of Skipping Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner with Weight Gain and Overweight/Obesity in University Students: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Authors :
Ryohei Yamamoto
Ryohei Tomi
Maki Shinzawa
Ryuichi Yoshimura
Shingo Ozaki
Kaori Nakanishi
Seiko Ide
Izumi Nagatomo
Makoto Nishida
Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara
Takashi Kudo
Toshiki Moriyama
Source :
Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 271 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

Although multiple studies have identified skipping breakfast as a risk factor for weight gain, there is limited evidence on the clinical impact of skipping lunch and dinner on weight gain. This retrospective cohort study including 17,573 male and 8860 female university students at a national university in Japan, assessed the association of the frequency of breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the incidence of weight gain (≥10%) and overweight/obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2), using annual participant health checkup data. Within the observation period of 3.0 ± 0.9 years, the incidence of ≥10% weight gain was observed in 1896 (10.8%) men and 1518 (17.1%) women, respectively. Skipping dinner was identified as a significant predictor of weight gain in multivariable-adjusted Poisson regression models for both men and women (skipping ≥ occasionally vs. eating every day, adjusted incidence rate ratios, 1.42 (95% confidence interval: 1.02–1.98) and 1.67 (1.33–2.09) in male and female students, respectively), whereas skipping breakfast and lunch were not. Similarly, skipping dinner, not breakfast or lunch, was associated with overweight/obesity (1.74 (1.07–2.84) and 1.68 (1.02–2.78) in men and women, respectively). In conclusion, skipping dinner predicted the incidence of weight gain and overweight/obesity in university students.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13010271 and 20726643
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nutrients
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2ce3e7e16a648a78121849ce097e943
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13010271