2020 Volume 78 Issue 6 Pages 243-253
Objective: To examine the dietary habits and health awareness of regular eaters of well-balanced breakfasts (cereal grains (shushoku), protein foods (shusai), and vegetables (fukusai)) and thus promote consumption of well-balanced breakfasts.
Methods: The 1,255 subjects (20–69 years), who ate breakfast ≥4 days weekly, completed the 2016 Hyogo Diet Survey. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed by sex and age group (20–49 and 50–69 years); whether or not subjects regularly ate well-balanced breakfasts was the dependent variable and dietary habits and health awareness were independent variables, with adjustment for age, family composition, and BMI.
Results: For all sex and age groups, the odds of eating well-balanced breakfasts were significantly higher in subjects who breakfasted on rice 5–7 times weekly or who ate well-balanced meals ≥2 times daily for 6 or 7 days weekly than in those who never breakfasted on rice or who ate well-balanced meals twice daily for ≤5 days weekly. In the health-awareness-related survey items in males ≥50 years, the odds of eating well-balanced breakfasts in subjects who believed they currently ate healthily, ate at regular times, practiced dietary habits to prevent lifestyle diseases, and tried to maintain a healthy weight were significantly higher than in subjects not practicing these habits.
Conclusion: Breakfasting on rice and eating well-balanced meals ≥2 times daily were associated with the habit of eating well-balanced breakfasts in both males and females of all ages. The two factors were also associated with enhanced health awareness in males aged 50–69.
