2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Elucidation of new supportive environmental factors to improve eating habits among students: Verification based on simulation analysis

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Project/Area Number	20K02384
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 08030:Family and consumer sciences, and culture and living-related
Research Institution	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	Kasamaki Jun-ichi 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 准教授 (00456344)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	西田順一近畿大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20389373) 松本裕史武庫川女子大学, 健康・スポーツ科学部, 教授 (20413445) 宮西邦夫新潟県立大学, その他, 名誉教授 (70018836) 笠原賀子長野県立大学, 健康発達学部, 名誉教授 (90194711)
Project Period (FY)	2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	生活習慣病 / 健康行動 / 学生 / 食行動・栄養 / 飲酒 / 喫煙 / 縦断研究 / NCDs
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aimed to identify the factors that influence eating behavior, intake of six food groups, and drinking and smoking behavior among university students and other subjects. The results of the statistical analysis revealed mainly “Correlation between snacking behavior and interpersonal stress in female university students”, “Relationships between food preferences, eating pattern, and nutrient intake in female university students”, “Effects of self-evaluation of cooking skills on nutrient and other dietary substance intake among female college students”, “How the perception of pros and cons of smoking correlates to male college students’ smoking behavior”, and “Correlation between changes in drinking behavior of female university students and pros/cons of alcohol intake”. These findings could help create a new health support system for the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases, particularly for youth.
Free Research Field	衛生学・公衆衛生学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	生活習慣病は健康増進や健康寿命延伸の阻害要因であり、その一次予防は、日本の健康政策の重点課題でもある。生活習慣病は青少年期からの食生活等の生活行動が影響することから、若い世代を対象に、疾病を未然に防ぐための新たな予防策を推進する必要がある。本研究の意義は、日本国内の大学生等を対象とした縦断的調査等の結果に基づき、食行動や食品群別摂取状況、飲酒・喫煙行動に関連・影響する要因を明らかにして、生活習慣病の一次予防を図るための支援的環境の構築に活用し得るエビデンスを提示したことにある。