Breakfast eating and overweight in a pre-school population

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ID15092511
AuthorsLise Dubois (0000-0001-8914-1288, Institute of Population and Public Health, corresponding author), Manon Girard (University of Ottawa), Monique Potvin Kent (0000-0002-5049-1106, University of Ottawa)
Year2006
Volume9
Issue4
Pages436-442
Publication date2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1079/phn2005867
PMID16870015
OpenAlexW2129517587
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited23

Objectives To analyse the socio-economic factors related to breakfast eating, the association between breakfast eating and overweight, and to gain a more thorough understanding of the relationship between these two elements in a population-based cohort of 4.5-year-old children. We hypothesised that a relationship could be observed between breakfast skipping and overweight independently of socio-economic factors such as ethnicity, maternal education, single parenting and family income. Design A population-based study whereby standardised nutritional interviews were conducted with each child's parent. The children's height and weight were taken by a trained nutritionist and parents were asked about their child's breakfast eating. Setting The analyses were performed using data from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (1998–2002), conducted by Santé Québec (Canada). Subjects Subjects were 1549 children between the ages of 44 and 56 months, with a mean age of 49 months. Results Almost a tenth (9.8%) of the children did not eat breakfast every day. A greater proportion of children with immigrant mothers (19.4% vs. 8.3% from non-immigrant mothers), with mothers with no high school diploma (17.5% vs. Conclusion Although our results require replication before public policy changes can be advocated, encouraging breakfast consumption among pre-school children is probably warranted and targeting families of low socio-economic status could potentially help in the prevention of childhood obesity

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