Association between Health Practice and Food Stockpiling for Disaster

Abstract

In this study investigated the association between health practices and food stockpiling for disasters in predicted areas with a high risk of food shortage due to the Nankai Trough earthquake. A survey was conducted during 18–20 December 2019 using a self-administered web-based questionnaire. In total, 1200 individuals registered with an online survey company participated in the study. The association between health practices and food stockpiling status was analyzed (n = 998). 59.1% of participants had a poor Breslow’s seven health practice scores (BHPS), 32.9% had a moderate score, and 8.0% had a good score. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that higher BHPS had a significantly higher prevalence of food stockpiling. Additionally, the interrupted group had the highest percentage of participants with low BHPS. Lower BHPS was significantly associated with interrupted stockpiled in the adjusted models. Among the seven health practices, the odds ratio of the “eating breakfast” practice was high. There was a significant positive association between higher health practice scores and food stockpiling for disasters in areas with a high risk of food shortage due to the predicted earthquake. Particularly, it was clarified that individuals who had fewer good health practices were associated with ending up interrupting food stockpiling.

Physical activity and prevalence of constipation in Japanese young people

“…In a another Japanese study of 5540 adolescents aged 12 to 13 years, physically inactive was significantly associated with constipation [10]. In the third Japanese study, 9,234 subjects aged over 18 years, poor physical activity was significantly associated with constipation [11].…”

“…In Icelandic, Swedish, Hong Kong, two Chinese and three Japanese studies showed the inverse association between constipation, functional constipation, and PA [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. On the other hand, In US, British, and two Spanish studies were no association between PA and constipation was found [12][13][14][15].…”

Association between personality traits and food stockpiling for disaster

“…Initially the variables were evaluated using univariable analysis, followed by a multivariable analysis (forced entry method) to adjust for some factors. The adjusted factors, among the participants’ characteristics, were factors associated with food stockpiling in a previous study [ 18 ]; including sex (male or female), age (20–34, 35–59 and ≥60 years), educational background (below undergraduate, or above college degree), and community activities (participating or not participating). In total, 1192 responses were recorded into the logistic regression model, after excluding responses related to sex and educational background as “others” (n = 3 and n = 8, respectively).…”