introduction: breakfast is repeatedly called to as the most important meal of the day and has positive effects on nutritional profile, cognitive activities and disease prevention in schoolchildren. the aim of this study was to assess the eating breakfast status in a sample of primary students of ilam city. materials and methods: participants of this cross-sectional study were 298 schoolchildren...

Introduction: Breakfast is repeatedly called to as the most important meal of the day and has positive effects on nutritional profile, cognitive activities and disease prevention in schoolchildren. The aim of this study was to assess the eating breakfast status in a sample of primary students of Ilam city. Materials and methods: Participants of this cross-sectional study were 298 schoolchi...

Background: The breakfast is the most important meal of the day that its regular consumption is effective on individuals' physical, psychological and social health. Given the high prevalence of irregular consumption of breakfast among students, this study has been designed to investigate breakfast consumption behavior and its related factors within social cognitive theory framework.Materials an...

 Background: The important risk factors in obesity are related to unhealthy nutritional habits. The aim of this study was to estimate and compare the macro- and micro-nutrients’ intake in breakfast and midmorning snacks. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 569 students (12-16 years) by the multistage cluster sampling method. The demographic data were gathered by interview. A...

Background: The elimination of breakfast and the high consumption of low-value snacks are becoming more frequent and common among adolescents. Nutrition is a complex behavioral phenomenon that is associated with the specific cultural and environmental issues of each society as well as psychological features.This qualitative research was conducted to identify factors affecting breakfast consumpt...

background: it is widely considered that a regular breakfast provides a number of health benefits; however, there is no general scientific agreement regarding what kind of food should be consumed. evidence supports the importance of balancing blood glucose levels by l ow glycaemic index/load (l-gi/l) and increased protein diets, in particular in metabolic disorders, which non-alcoholic fatty li...

the purpose of this study was to examine whether the frequency of breakfast consumption was related to academic performance in healthy korean adolescents.we analyzed data from the seventh korea youth risk behavior web-based survey conducted in 2011, in which 75,643 adolescents from school grades 7-12 participated. we assessed the association between the frequency of breakfast consumption (per w...

a standard breakfast was evaluated as a screening test (bt) for gestational diabetes in a case-control study. blood sugar (bs) was measured 1 hour after a breakfast that had 50gr simple sugar and was designed based on women preferences. in the same women glucose challenge test (gct, 50gr 1hour glucose screening test) was performed one week later in randomized sequential. cutoff values for both ...

background: the purpose of this study was to examine whether the frequency of breakfast eating was related with overweight/obesity in korean adolescents. method: we analyzed the data collected in the 5 th kyrbws, in which 72,399 adolescents participated in 2009. we assessed the association between frequency of breakfast eating and body mass index by using multivariate logistic regression analys...