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Is eating breakfast associated with increased fruit and whole grain intake in young women? (1021.11)
Author(s) -
Widaman Adrianne,
Souza Elaine,
Forester Shavawn,
Keim Nancy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1021.11
Subject(s) - food intake , medicine , zoology , whole grains , food science , chemistry , biology
Two key recommendations from the 2010 Dietary Guidelines (DG) focus on increasing fruit (F) and whole grain (WG) intake. However, only 15% of adult Americans meet the daily WG recommendation of 3 oz equivalents (eq). In addition, 58% of adults consume less than the DG F recommendation. Our study strictly defined breakfast eaters (BE) as consuming 蠅 15% of energy intake between 4‐10am. Breakfast skipping (BS) was defined as no food intake between 4‐10am for 蠅4 d/wk. Dietary intake was measured with 3 multi‐pass, 24 h recalls. A median split was used to separate high from low consumers of WG and F. Independence was tested with Pearson’s Chi‐squared. Consumption of WG oz eq averaged 2.11 ± 0.17 or 1.19 ± 0.25, for BE or BS respectively. Mean total F intake was 1.99 ± 0.23 servings in BE and 0.98 ± 0.16 servings in BS. BS was associated with lower intake of WG (p=0.012) and lower total F consumption (p<0.0005). Regularly eating breakfast is associated with a diet more aligned with the DG. Randomized control trials are needed to determine if a causal relationship between BE and better diet quality exists. Grant Funding Source : Supported by NIFA grant #2009‐35215‐05364 and USDA intramural funds Project #5306‐51530‐019‐00D