title: Eating breakfast, fruit and vegetable intake and their relation with happiness in college students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nutrition plays a major role in physical and mental health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationships between happiness and fruit and vegetable intake as well as eating breakfast in students.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional web-based study, all students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in Iran who attended course classes were invited to participate in the study. Five hundred forty-one students filled out the web-based questionnaire which included questions related to measurement of happiness, breakfast, fruit and vegetable consumption and socio-economic and demographic information. Analysis of covariance was used to assess the relationship between happiness and breakfast, fruit and vegetable consumption by adjustments for covariates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Measure of happiness was positively associated with eating breakfast, number of meals eaten daily and the amount of fruit and vegetable consumption (P values were <0.001, 0.008, 0.02, and 0.045 respectively). Students who ate breakfast every day, more than 8 servings of fruit and vegetables daily, and had 3 meals in addition to 1-2 snacks per day had the highest happiness score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthier behavior pattern was associated with higher happiness scores among medical students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lesani
authors.affiliation: Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ampoorasl@gmail.com.|Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, 14711, Iran. ampoorasl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Asghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadpoorasl
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.|Children Growth Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.
authors.forename: Jabiz Modaresi
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Esfeh
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychiatry Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fakhari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D062408:Breakfast / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006240:Happiness; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Breakfast; Diet; Fruit and vegetable; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Nutrition