The Association of Having a Late Dinner or Bedtime Snack and Skipping Breakfast with Overweight in Japanese Women

Abstract

Background. We aimed to assess the association of habitually eating in the late evening and skipping breakfast with the prevalence of overweight/obesity. Methods. A total of 19,687 Japanese women, aged 40–74 years, were asked about their height, weight, and habitual eating behaviors such as having a late dinner and a bedtime snack and skipping breakfast, using a self-administered questionnaire. We defined overweight/obesity as body mass index greater than or equal to 25 kg/m2. Results. Among the participants, 11% regularly had a late dinner, 22% had bedtime snacks, and 8% skipped breakfast. After adjusting for age, exercise, smoking, sleep duration, and employment, the multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of skipping breakfast were 2.47 (2.18–2.81) for having a late dinner and 1.71 (1.53–1.91) for having a bedtime snack. These eating behaviors were associated with an increased risk of overweight/obesity: the multivariable-adjusted ORs (95% CIs) of obesity/overweight were 1.43 (1.27–1.62) for having a late dinner, 1.47 (1.34–1.62) for having a bedtime snack, and 1.23 (1.06–1.42) for skipping breakfast. Conclusions. Japanese women who consumed late dinners or bedtime snacks were more likely to skip breakfast. Having a late dinner or bedtime snack was associated with a higher probability of overweight/obesity.

Combined impact of lifestyle factors on low back pain: A cross-sectional study of over 400,000 Japanese adults

“…A trend of higher risk of LBP associated with higher lifestyle risk score was observed in both sexes (p for trend < 0.001). These results were similar even in subgroup analysis by age (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59), and ≥ 60 years) and body mass index (BMI) (< 18.5, 18.5-24.9, and ≥ 25 kg/m 2 ).…”

“…Previous systematic reviews with meta-analysis have shown that overweight and obesity increased the risk of LBP [37,38]. Moreover, many of the unhealthy lifestyle factors included in the present study have been considered to be associated with overweight/obesity [23,24,26,28]. Therefore, to eliminate the effects of BMI status on LBP, we analyzed the association of LBP with lifestyle risk according to BMI strata (underweight, normal, and overweight/obesity).…”

“…For each lifestyle factor, we created a binary variable; 1 represented health risk (unhealthy) and 0 showed no health risk. The criteria of health risk were determined with reference to the recommended guideline or current health-related studies [7,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Specifically, we assigned a score of 1 for each item as follows: 1) current smoking, 2) drinking alcohol every day, 3-5) a response of no, 6-7) yes, 8) eating fast, 9-11) yes, and 12) no response.…”

Crosstalk Among Circadian Rhythm, Obesity and Allergy

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The Elapsed Time between Dinner and the Midpoint of Sleep Is Associated with Adiposity in Young Women

“…Besides, emerging evidence suggests that the timing of food intake relative to sleep timing behavior could also have a negative impact on BMI [3,11]. For example, cross-sectional studies have reported that eating dinner less than two hours before bedtime is significantly associated with hyperglycemia, and higher odds of being overweight or obese [12,13]. In consonance, Garaulet and colleagues [14] showed that late dining resulted in impaired glucose tolerance, mainly due to concurrence between the postprandial period and endogenous melatonin concentrations.…”