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ArticleJournal of nutritional science2025

Relationship between nutrition knowledge and nutritional adequacy in Japanese university students: a cross-sectional study.

Yatsuki Yanagihara, Aiko Narumi-Hyakutake

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Yatsuki YanagiharaCollege of Gastronomy Management, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan.
Aiko Narumi-HyakutakeFaculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University, 518 Ikawadanicho-Arise, Nishi, Kobe 651-2180, Japan.

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between nutrition knowledge and nutritional adequacy among Japanese university students. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 at a university located in Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe, Japan, and 801 students from various academic disciplines were enrolled. Eligible participants were students aged more than 18 years, encompassing all years of study. Nutrition knowledge data were obtained using a nutrition knowledge questionnaire (NKQ) for Japanese adults. Participants were classified into three nutrition knowledge groups according to their total NKQ scores [mean ± standard deviation; all (64.7 ± 15.4%), low (48.1 ± 13.8%), medium (68.3 ± 2.8%), and high (78.5 ± 4.2%)]. Participants reported their dietary habits in the preceding month using a brief self-administered diet history questionnaire. Differences in nutritional adequacy among groups were determined using logistic regression and covariance analyses, adjusted for potential confounding factors. The adequacy of each nutrient was quantified as the proportion of participants with nutrient intake that fell outside the reference range. Although the intakes of only a few nutrients and foods were associated with nutrition knowledge, the total number of nutrients below the estimated average requirement was lower in the high nutrition knowledge group (3.1 ± 2.7) than in the low nutrition knowledge group (3.6 ± 2.9) (

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeNutritional StatusStudentsAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesDietEast Asian PeopleFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansJapanMaleNutritional RequirementsSurveys and QuestionnairesUniversitiesBDHQ, brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaireBMI, body mass indexDG, tentative dietary goal for preventing lifestyle-related diseasesdietary habitsdiet qualityDRIs, dietary reference intakesEAR, estimated average requirementEER, estimated energy requirementJapanese adultsNKQ, nutrition knowledge questionnairenutritional adequacynutrition knowledgeSD, standard deviationSFA, saturated fatty acid

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