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Associations of breakfast consumption patterns with body weight across 10 years: results from NHANES 2001‐10 (810.22)
Author(s) -
Albertson Ann,
Thompson Douglas
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.810.22
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , demography , obesity , medicine , consumption (sociology) , body weight , waist , food consumption , breakfast cereal , body fat percentage , environmental health , food science , biology , endocrinology , sociology , agricultural economics , economics , social science
The association of breakfast consumption patterns with body weight has been documented in several studies. This study expanded the existing literature in two ways: 1) the association of breakfast consumption patterns (Ready‐to‐Eat Cereal vs. Other Breakfast vs. Skipped Breakfast) with body weight measures was examined in a large, diverse sample spanning 10 years (NHANES 2001‐10); and 2) changes in breakfast consumption patterns across 10 years were described within the same sample. The results were broken out by age (children and adolescents vs. adults). Results generally replicated past studies indicating that Ready‐to‐Eat Cereal breakfast is associated with the most favorable body weight measures and skipping breakfast is associated with the worst body weight measures, even after statistically adjusting for relevant covariates. However, specific patterns differed somewhat by age and body weight measure (Body Mass Index, Waist/Height Ratio, Overweight/Obese vs. Not). The types of food consumed at breakfast differed markedly between age groups; for example, coffee was most frequent among adults, whereas pancakes/waffles/french toast were much more frequent among children and adolescents. There were also noticeable shifts in breakfast foods consumed across the 10 years. For example, children and adolescents (not adults) showed an increasing trend in consumption of pancakes/waffles/french toast, whereas adults (not children and adolescents) showed a strongly increasing trend in oatmeal consumption.