Open AccessImpact of breakfast skipping on the health status of the population
Author(s) -
Raksha Goyal,
Sandeep Julka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.139233
Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , overweight , anthropometry , environmental health , meal , population , demography , gerontology , pediatrics , sociology
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and its prevalence continues to increase at a rapid rate in various populations and across all age-group. The effect of meal skipping, both behaviorally and physiologically, may have an impact on the outcome of weight-loss efforts.