Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu12103160
Keywords
unhealthy eating habits; accumulation; obesity; central obesity; general Japanese population
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [JP16H02692, JP17H04126, JP18H02737, JP19H03863, JP18K07565, JP18K09412, JP19K07890, JP20K10503, JP20K11020, JP18K17925, JP19K23971]
- Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan [20FA1002]
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development [JP20dk0207025, JP20km0405202, JP20fk0108075]
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Few studies have examined the association between the accumulation of unhealthy eating habits and the likelihood of obesity or central obesity in a general Japanese population. We examined this association in a sample of 1906 community-dwelling Japanese subjects (age: 40-74 years) who participated in a health check-up in 2014. A face-to-face questionnaire interview was conducted to collect information about three unhealthy eating habits, i.e., snacking, eating quickly, and eating late-evening meals. Obesity was defined as body mass index >= 25 kg/m(2) and central obesity was defined as waist circumference >= 90 cm in men and >= 80 cm in women. The odds ratios (OR) were estimated by using a logistic regression analysis. Subjects with any one of the three eating habits had a significantly higher likelihood of obesity than those without that habit after adjusting for confounding factors. The multivariable-adjusted OR for obesity increased linearly with an increase in the number of accumulated unhealthy eating habits (p for trend < 0.001). Similar associations were observed for central obesity. Our findings suggest that modifying each unhealthy eating habit and avoiding an accumulation of multiple unhealthy eating habits might be important to reduce the likelihood of obesity.
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