Fujita Yuko, Takeshima Tomohiro
Development and Nurturing Dentistry, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Takeshima Dental Office, Okinawa 904-2143, Japan.
Nutrients. 2025 Aug 29;17(17):2822. doi: 10.3390/nu17172822.
This study aimed to determine whether mental health status contributes to speed eating in adolescents and young adults.
This study enrolled 106 subjects (53 males and 53 females), ranging in age from 12 to 24 years. After a self-administered lifestyle questionnaire and the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) were administered, a swallowing threshold test was performed. The swallowing threshold was determined based on the concentration of dissolved glucose obtained from the gummy jellies. Low swallowing threshold was characterized by glucose levels falling within the bottom 20th percentile. GHQ-12 was categorized into poor (score 4-12) and normal (score 0-3). Following the univariate analysis, a multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the factors linked to a low swallowing threshold.
Binomial logistic regression analysis revealed that the factors associated with a low swallowing threshold included poor mental health (odds ratio [OR] = 8.47, = 0.007, confidence interval [CI] = 2.437-32.934) and no physical activity (OR = 5.604, = 0.008, CI = 1.562-22.675).
Speed eating is closely associated with risk behaviors for poor mental health in adolescents and young adults.
本研究旨在确定心理健康状况是否会导致青少年和青年人群进食速度加快。
本研究招募了106名受试者（53名男性和53名女性），年龄在12至24岁之间。在进行了一份自我管理的生活方式问卷和12项一般健康问卷（GHQ - 12）后，进行了吞咽阈值测试。吞咽阈值是根据从软糖中获得的溶解葡萄糖浓度来确定的。低吞咽阈值的特征是葡萄糖水平落在第20百分位数以下。GHQ - 12被分为差（得分4 - 12）和正常（得分0 - 3）。在单因素分析之后，进行了多因素二元逻辑回归分析以确定与低吞咽阈值相关的因素。
二项逻辑回归分析显示，与低吞咽阈值相关的因素包括心理健康状况差（比值比[OR] = 8.47，P = 0.007，置信区间[CI] = 2.437 - 32.934）和无体育活动（OR = 5.604，P = 0.008，CI = 1.562 - 22.675）。
进食速度快与青少年和青年人群心理健康状况差的风险行为密切相关。
