Association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with anxiety symptoms among freshman in colleges in Yunnan Province

LI Xiaoxiao; AO Ya; HUANG Guifan; ZHANG Xiaorong; WANG Luwei; LI Yijian; FENG Yunping; SU Yunpeng; XU Honglü

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.026

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LI Xiaoxiao, AO Ya, HUANG Guifan, ZHANG Xiaorong, WANG Luwei, LI Yijian, FENG Yunping, SU Yunpeng, XU Honglü. Association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with anxiety symptoms among freshman in colleges in Yunnan Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(2): 274-277. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.026

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LI Xiaoxiao, AO Ya, HUANG Guifan, ZHANG Xiaorong, WANG Luwei, LI Yijian, FENG Yunping, SU Yunpeng, XU Honglü. Association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with anxiety symptoms among freshman in colleges in Yunnan Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(2): 274-277. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.026

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LI Xiaoxiao, AO Ya, HUANG Guifan, ZHANG Xiaorong, WANG Luwei, LI Yijian, FENG Yunping, SU Yunpeng, XU Honglü. Association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with anxiety symptoms among freshman in colleges in Yunnan Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(2): 274-277. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.026

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Association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with anxiety symptoms among freshman in colleges in Yunnan Province

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.02.026

LI Xiaoxiao^{1, 2},
AO Ya^{1, 2},
HUANG Guifan^{1, 2},
ZHANG Xiaorong^{1, 2},
WANG Luwei¹,
LI Yijian¹,
FENG Yunping^{1, 2},
SU Yunpeng³,
XU Honglü^{1, 2
,
,}

1.
Nursing Department, School of Medicine, Kunming University, Kunming(650214), China

Received Date: 2022-10-26
Rev Recd Date: 2022-12-15

Available Online: 2023-03-02

Publish Date: 2023-02-25

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Objective To study the association between eating at night and skipping breakfast with college students' anxiety symptoms, and to provide reference basis for preventing and alleviating college students' anxiety symptoms. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 9 960 freshman from three universities in Kunming and Dali, Yunnan Province. The dietary frequency questionnaire was used to evaluate the dietary behavior of college students. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) was used to evaluate the anxiety symptoms of college students. The association of late night snack and breakfast skipping with the association of anxiety symptoms in college students used generalized linear model and Logistic regression model. Results The proportion of college students who reported eating at night and breakfast skipping in the last month was 72.5%(7 217/9 960) and 61.6%(6 131/9 960) respectively. The detection rate of anxiety symptoms in college students was 28.9%(2 875/9 960). There was a statistical significance between eating at night with anxiety symptoms(OR=1.40-2.54), and breakfast skipping with anxiety symptoms(OR=1.23-1.60)(P < 0.05). The interaction between eating late at night and breakfast skipping was positively correlated with college students' anxiety symptoms (multiplicative interaction, β=0.06, 95%CI=0.02-0.10, P < 0.01; additive interaction, OR=2.00, 95%CI=1.59-2.51, P < 0.01). Conclusion The study suggests that the college students who eat at night and frequently skipped breakfast are more likely to have anxiety symptoms. It suggested to promote the formation of healthy eating habits of college students, so as to reduce the occurrence of anxiety sympotoms.
- Food habits,
- Anxiety,
- Mental health,
- Regression analysis,
- Students

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