Breakfast Skipping is associated with More Deleterious Lifestyle Behaviors among Japanese Men: The TRF-Japan Study Using the Original "Taberhythm" Smartphone Application.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Time-restricted eating has been increasingly recognized as a promising option to reduce food intake and combat obesity. Especially in Asian countries such as Japan, because of the wide variety of food choices available, a dietary approach that emphasizes meal timing can be more practical and easier to implement and adhere to, compared with approaches that focus on specific dietary content, such as low-fat or low-carbohydrate diets.

Objectives

We aimed to identify eating patterns among Japanese men and women using a smartphone application (app) called "Taberhythm." In addition, we sought to evaluate the relationship of breakfast eating habits with lifestyle behaviors and body mass index, and determine whether sex differences were present.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Azuma K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448026 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature