Shape your breakfast: Breakfast skipping as a risk correlate of Obesity among school children in chennai
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Breakfast is the first and the most important meal for us. But unfortunately we tend to take it lightly or skip it to our convenience. The younger generation often finds skipping breakfast as a method to lose their body weight unknowing the fact that it leads to deleterious effects. Hence this study was taken up to assess breakfast skipping as a risk to overweight and obesity among school children in Chennai, India. Methods: this cross sectional study was done among 300 school children in the age group of 15-17 years studying in a higher secondary school in Chennai. Their BMI was recorded and their awareness regarding the effects of skipping breakfast was assessed. Results: Among the 300 study participants, 163(54.3%) were males and 137(45.7) were females. The mean age was 15.9±0.45 years. 64.3% of the students were normal weight while 22.67% were overweight and rest 13% was obese. Overweight and obesity was more among breast skippers and was statistically significant (p<0.05). Only 26.6% and 32.6% of the study participants were aware of the fact that skipping breakfast will lead to obesity and hormonal imbalance respectively.
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Sowmiya KR, Arun G
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- EP ID EP515905
- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.1.70-72
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