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Yamamoto, Ryohei; Shinzawa, Maki; Yoshimura, Ryuichi; Taneike, Manabu; Nakanishi, Kaori; Nishida, Makoto; Yamauchi-Takihara, Keiko; Kudo, Takashi; Moriyama, Toshiki – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To assess the clinical impact of living alone on weight gain in university students. Participants: This retrospective cohort study included 17540 male and 8854 female university students admitted to a national university in Japan. Methods: An association between living arrangement and the incidence of weight gain =10% and…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Obesity, Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
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Abe, Keina; Akamatsu, Rie – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: Leaving a portion of meals uneaten, known as plate waste, is a serious problem among children in Japan. Although children's confidence that they can completely finish meals is related to plate waste, the circumstances that influence this confidence are not known. This study examined situations in which low self-efficacy for finishing…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Eating Habits, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Ainuki, Tomomi; Akamatsu, Rie; Hayashi, Fumi; Takemi, Yukari – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2013
Objective: This study examined whether the experience of enjoyable mealtimes at home during childhood was related to eating behaviors and subjective diet-related quality of life in adulthood. Methods: The study used data (n = 2,936) obtained from a research program about "Shokuiku" (food and nutrition education) conducted by the Cabinet…
Descriptors: Children, Quality of Life, Dietetics, Eating Habits
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Shimpo, Misa; Akamatsu, Rie – Health Education Journal, 2015
Objective: This study was designed to develop the Aftermath of Dietary Lapses Coping Questionnaire (ADLCQ) for evaluating how people cope with the aftermath of dietary lapses during weight control. Method: Between June-July 2012, dieticians working in public health centres and city offices in Sizuoka, Japan, recruited 466 participants. They were…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Coping, Questionnaires, Health Behavior
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Abe, Keina; Akamatsu, Rie – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2013
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify the aspects of the Theory of Planned Behavior with the greatest relevance to plate waste (PW) among elementary school children in Tokyo, Japan. Methods: A total of 111 fifth- and sixth-grade students at an elementary school in Tokyo, Japan responded to a self-report questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Behavior Theories, Student Behavior
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Tanaka, Masaaki; Watanabe, Yasuyoshi – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: Lifestyle factors are thought to be associated with students' academic performance. Whether lifestyle factors were associated with medical students' school attendance was determined. Design: Cross-sectional design. Setting: The study group consisted of 157 healthy second-year medical students attending Osaka City University Graduate…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Smoking, Medical Schools, Incidence