Obese and female adolescents skip breakfast more than their non-obese and male peers

• Authors: Arash Rashidi , Behnoush Mohammadpour-Ahranjani , Majid Karandish , Mohammad-Reza Vafa , Majid Hajifaraji , Farzaneh Ansari , Shima Sadeghi , Mohsen Maddah , Nasser Kalantari , Mohammad-Bagher Akhavi-Rad
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We examined the association between overweight/gender and skipping breakfast among adolescent students in Tehran city using a cross-sectional study and a multistage random sampling method. All educational zones in Tehran city were covered during the educational year of 2000–01. In total, 2321 students aged 11–16 years (1068 male; 1263 female) participated in the study. Weight and height were measured and body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) was calculated. Overweight, pre-obesity and obesity were defined as BMI ≥ 85th, 85th to 95th, and ≥ 95th percentile of age-sex-specific BMI reference values, respectively. Self-reported frequency of breakfast consumption was categorized as usual/always, often, and rarely/never (5–7, 2–4 and 0–1 times/wk, respectively). Student’s t and Chi-square tests were employed to analyze the data. Statistical inferences were made at α = 0.05. In boys and girls, the mean ± standard deviation of BMI was 19.8 ± 4.0 and 20.6 ± 4.1 kg/m2, the 18.8% and 23.1% were overweight, and 7.3% and 8.3% were obese, respectively. There was a significant difference in the frequency of breakfast consumption between obese and normal male students (P < 0.001). Differences between pre-obese and normal, and obese and normal female students were also significant (P < 0.002 and P < 0.001, respectively). A significant difference was found in the frequency of breakfast consumption between male and female adolescents in all three categories (P < 0.001). These results suggest that obese and female adolescents are more likely to skip breakfast than their normal and male peers and are therefore at higher risk for growth deficits and low educational performance. Preventive/educational programs are urgently needed in this age group.

Keywords

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adolescents; overweight; obesity; breakfast skipping

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 481-487

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2007

online

1 - 12 - 2007

Contributors

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Arash Rashidi

• National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 61357, Tehran, Iran

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Behnoush Mohammadpour-Ahranjani

• National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 61357, Tehran, Iran

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Majid Karandish

• Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Ahwaz Jondi-Shapour University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 19816, Ahwaz, Iran

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Mohammad-Reza Vafa

• Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 15168, Tehran, Iran

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Majid Hajifaraji

• National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 61357, Tehran, Iran

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Farzaneh Ansari

• Food and Agriculture Research Centre, Institute of Standard and Industrial Research, 31585, Karaj, Iran

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Shima Sadeghi

• National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 61357, Tehran, Iran

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Mohsen Maddah

• Faculty of Health, Guilan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 41446, Rasht, Iran

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Nasser Kalantari

• Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 14166, Tehran, Iran

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Mohammad-Bagher Akhavi-Rad

• Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Sh. Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, 19816, Tehran, Iran

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-007-0043-1