Health Status Indicators

Abstract Background: This study investigated the association between eating alone at each meal and health status including functional capacity according to cohabitation situation among Japanese community-dwelling elderly.Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the Keeping Active across Generations Uniting the Youth and the Aged (KAGUYA) study in Japan. A self-administered questionnaire was mailed to all 8004 residents aged 65 or older residing in the same Japanese town the participants in March 2016. Eating alone was assessed by first asking whether participants ate three separate meals each day (i.e., breakfast, lunch, and dinner), and those who answered affirmatively were then asked how many people were usually present at each meal. Health status was assessed in terms of subjective health, medical history, care needs, body mass index, depression, and functional capacity.Results: Data from 3057 respondents were analyzed. Among those living with others, those who reported not being in good subjective health and a history of hypertension were significantly more likely to eat alone at breakfast (odds ratio 1.27; 95% confidence interval 1.01–1.61, and 1.26; 1.06–1.49). Depressive symptoms and many subscales of functional capacity were also significantly associated with eating alone at breakfast, lunch, and dinner (P < 0.05). Among those living alone, those eating alone at breakfast had lower scores for indicators of functional capacity including information practice (P = 0.010) and total scores (P = 0.049).Conclusions: For both cohabitation situations, many health status indicators were related to eating alone at each meal, especially breakfast.

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Social Inequalities on Selected Determinants of Active Aging and Health Status Indicators in a Large Brazilian City (2003-2010)

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264315589575 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 180-196 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Luciana de Souza Braga ◽

Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa ◽

Cibele Comini César ◽

James Macinko

Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Health Status Indicators ◽

Active Aging ◽

Aging And Health

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Relationship between Horse Racing Addiction and Health Status Indicators

Korean Journal of Health Promotion ◽

10.15384/kjhp.2018.18.2.71 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Sang-Gu Na ◽

Young-Kyu Park ◽

Young-Ah Choi ◽

Sung-Min Cho ◽

Kyung-Shik Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Health Status Indicators ◽

Horse Racing

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Temporal Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Obesity in US Adults

Journal of Nutrition ◽

10.1093/jn/nxaa287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 150 (12) ◽

pp. 3259-3268

Author(s):

Marah M Aqeel ◽

Jiaqi Guo ◽

Luotao Lin ◽

Saul B Gelfand ◽

Edward J Delp ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

Energy Intake ◽

Dietary Patterns ◽

Survey Design ◽

Health Status Indicators ◽

Dietary Quality ◽

Time Warping ◽

Dietary Recall ◽

Adult Participants ◽

Dynamic Time

ABSTRACT Background The integration of time with dietary patterns throughout a day, or temporal dietary patterns (TDPs), have been linked with dietary quality but relations to health are unknown. Objective The association between TDPs and selected health status indicators and obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D), and metabolic syndrome (MetS) was determined. Methods The first-day 24-h dietary recall from 1627 nonpregnant US adult participants aged 20–65 y from the NHANES 2003–2006 was used to determine timing, amount of energy intake, and sequence of eating occasions (EOs). Modified dynamic time warping (MDTW) and kernel k-means algorithm clustered participants into 4 groups representing distinct TDPs. Multivariate regression models determined associations between TDPs and health status, controlling for potential confounders, and adjusting for the survey design and multiple comparisons (P <0.05/6). Results A cluster representing a TDP with evenly spaced, energy balanced EOs reaching ≤1200 kcal between 06:00 to 10:00, 12:00 to 15:00, and 18:00 to 22:00, had statistically significant and clinically meaningful lower mean BMI (P <0.0001), waist circumference (WC) (P <0.0001), and 75% lower odds of obesity compared with 3 other clusters representing patterns with much higher peaks of energy: 1000–2400 kcal between 15:00 and 18:00 (OR: 5.3; 95% CI: 2.8, 10.1), 800–2400 kcal between 11:00 and 15:00 (OR: 4.4; 95% CI: 2.5, 7.9), and 1000–2600 kcal between 18:00 and 23:00 (OR: 6.7; 95% CI: 3.9, 11.6). Conclusions Individuals with a TDP characterized by evenly spaced, energy balanced EOs had significantly lower mean BMI, WC, and odds of obesity compared with the other patterns with higher energy intake peaks at different times throughout the day, providing evidence that incorporating time with other aspects of a dietary pattern may be important to health status.

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