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Cross‐sectional study showed that breakfast consumption was associated with demographic, clinical and biochemical factors in children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Silva Fabiana A.,
Padez Cristina,
Sartorelli Daniela S.,
Oliveira Renata M. S.,
Netto Michele P.,
Mendes Larissa L.,
Cândido Ana Paula C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.14363
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , anthropometry , waist , cross sectional study , confidence interval , demography , body mass index , obesity , pediatrics , pathology , sociology
Aim We investigated the demographic, anthropometric, clinical, biochemical and behavioural factors associated with children and adolescents who missed breakfast. Methods This 2012 cross‐sectional study was carried out in the city of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, with a sample of 684 students: 191 children aged 7–9 and 493 adolescents aged 10–14. Data on demographic, physical activity and breakfast consumption were based on a 24‐hour recall record and a three‐day dietary record. Weight, height, body fat, waist circumference and blood pressure were also measured. Finally, samples were collected for analysis of blood total cholesterol, low‐density and high‐density lipoproteins, triglycerides and glucose. The statistics are presented as prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence (95% CI) intervals. Results Missing breakfast was more common among adolescents than children (30% versus 22%) and among girls of all ages than among boys (33% versus 22%). It was also associated with children, but not adolescents, with increased levels of diastolic blood pressure (PR 5.6, 95% CI 1.8–17.4), total cholesterol (PR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2–1.9) and low‐density lipoprotein (PR 2.1, 95% CI 1.5–2.9). Conclusion Missing breakfast was more common among adolescents and females and associated with increased levels of diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and low‐density lipoprotein in children.