Skipping breakfast may encourage poor dietary habits in teenagers.
Not taking time for the first meal of the day can lead to bad habits and may lead to weight gain in adolescents, according to a new study.Many myths continue to swirl around the idea of breakfast. Is there an ideal time to eat in the morning in order to avoid gaining weight? Is it really the most important meal of the day? There are numerous studies on the subject and many contradict one another.
A new study published in Scientific Reports, however, suggests that there is a connection between bad dietary habits and an increased risk of being overweight for adolescents.
A questionnaire regarding alimentary preferences and lifestyle habits was given to each participant, with a specific section in which they were asked to specify the frequency in which they skipped breakfast. Sleep duration and eating habits while being sedentary, especially while spending time in front of a screen, were also taken into account.
"By skipping breakfast, millions of children and adolescents around the world are probably replacing a more healthy homemade meal including dairy products, whole-grain cereal and fruit with fast food at a venue on the way to school, or at the school itself," said epidemiologist Elsie Costa de Oliveira Forkert, a member of the Youth/Child Cardiovascular Risk and Environmental Research Group in FM-USP's Preventive Medicine Department and principal author of the study.
This study does not establish that simply skipping breakfast leads to weight gain, especially as the results rely on observations and survey questions filled out by the participants themselves. However, it does highlight the risks of poor diet and sedentary habits for today's adolescents.
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