Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents
Clinics
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75: e1599, 2020. tab, graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study explored the relationship between skipping breakfast and physical fitness in a group of school-aged adolescents in China.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study from the Chinese National Surveillance on Students' Constitution and Health (CNSSCH) survey in Ningbo, China, used a standardized questionnaire to assess the frequency of breakfast consumption. Physical fitness was measured through standing long jump, 50-m sprint, 1,000 (or 800)-m run, and vital capacity tests. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and physical fitness.RESULTS:
Our study included a total of 1,849 school-aged adolescents (aged 15.53±1.80 years). Among boys, non-breakfast-skippers had good scores for 50-m sprints, 1,000-m run, and vital capacity tests when compared with breakfast skippers (all p<0.05). Among girls, non-breakfast-skippers had a good scores for the standing long jump test compared with breakfast skippers (p=0.003). The multiple linear regression model showed that not skipping breakfast was positively associated with vital capacity (β=-173.78, p=0.004) and inversely associated with 50-m sprint (β=-0.12, p=0.018) and 1,000-m run times (β=-8.08, p=0.001) in boys.CONCLUSION:
The results of this cross-sectional study revealed that skipping breakfast might be associated with lower physical fitness in Chinese adolescents aged 13-18 years, especially boys. Breakfast consumption should be promoted among Chinese school-aged boys.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Feeding Behavior
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Breakfast
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinics
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Institution/Affiliation country:
Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital/CN
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Ningbo Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention/CN
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Ningbo University/CN
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