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The Association between the Planetary Health Diet with a Regular Consumption of Breakfast and a Well-Balanced Diet: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Involving Japanese Male Engineering Students at a University in Hyogo Prefecture

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  • Etsuko Kibayashi

    (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sonoda Women’s University, Amagasaki 661-8520, Hyogo, Japan)

  • Makiko Nakade

    (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Hyogo, Himeji 670-0092, Hyogo, Japan
    Research Institute for Food and Nutritional Sciences, Himeji 670-0092, Hyogo, Japan)

Abstract

Few young Japanese adults regularly consume a well-balanced diet composed of staples, main courses, and sides. We hypothesised that adopting the recommended planetary health diet with regular breakfast consumption would promote well-balanced diets among young Japanese male undergraduates. This study aimed to examine the structural association between the planetary health diet with regular breakfast consumption and a well-balanced diet intake. This cross-sectional study included 142 male engineering undergraduates who completed a 2022 online questionnaire via Google Forms at a public university in Hyogo Prefecture. The planetary health diet comprises the consumption of the recommended eight items. A covariance structure analysis was performed in a hypothetical model with factors (regular breakfast consumption and eight items) potentially associated with the intake of a well-balanced diet at least twice daily. After excluding chicken dishes and nuts from the eight recommended items of the planetary health diet, goodness-of-fit became acceptable. Frequent consumption of the remaining six recommended items (fish, eggs, soybeans/soybean products, dairy foods, vegetables, and fruits) was significantly positively correlated with regular breakfast consumption and a significant positive path to a well-balanced diet. Among male university students, regular breakfast consumption and the planetary health diet may lead to a well-balanced diet.

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  • Etsuko Kibayashi & Makiko Nakade, 2024. "The Association between the Planetary Health Diet with a Regular Consumption of Breakfast and a Well-Balanced Diet: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Involving Japanese Male Engineering Students at a Univers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 21(7), pages 1-13, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:21:y:2024:i:7:p:858-:d:1426042
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