Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Apr 14;9(4):384.
doi: 10.3390/nu9040384.

The Association between Breakfast Skipping and Body Weight, Nutrient Intake, and Metabolic Measures among Participants with Metabolic Syndrome

Lijuan Zhang  1   2 , Lorraine S Cordeiro  3 , Jinghua Liu  4 , Yunsheng Ma  5
Affiliations

The Association between Breakfast Skipping and Body Weight, Nutrient Intake, and Metabolic Measures among Participants with Metabolic Syndrome

Lijuan Zhang et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

The effect of skipping breakfast on health, especially in adults, remains a controversial topic. A secondary data analysis was conducted to examine associations between breakfast eating patterns and weight loss, nutrient intake, and metabolic parameters among participants with metabolic syndrome (MetS) (n = 240). Three randomly selected 24-h dietary recalls were collected from each participant at baseline and at the one-year visit. Skipped breakfast was seen in 32.9% at baseline and in 17.4% at the one-year visit, respectively. At baseline, after adjustment for demographics and physical activity, participants who ate breakfast had a higher thiamin, niacin, and folate intake than did breakfast skippers (p < 0.05); other selected parameters including body weight, dietary quality scores, nutrient intake, and metabolic parameters showed no significant differences between the two groups (p ≥ 0.05). From baseline to one year, after adjustment for covariates, mean fat intake increased by 2.7% (95% confidence intervals (CI): -1.0, 6.5%) of total energy in breakfast skippers in comparison to the 1.2% decrease observed in breakfast eaters (95% CI: -3.4, 1.1%) (p = 0.02). Mean changes in other selected parameters showed no significant differences between breakfast skippers and eaters (p > 0.05). This study did not support the hypothesis that skipping breakfast has impact on body weight, nutrient intakes, and selected metabolic measures in participants with MetS.

Keywords: breakfast skipping; metabolic syndrome; nutrient intake; weight loss.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

    1. Reeves S., Halsey L.G., McMeel Y., Huber J.W. Breakfast habits, beliefs and measures of health and wellbeing in a nationally representative UK sample. Appetite. 2013;60:51–57. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.09.024. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Van der Heijden A.A., Hu F.B., Rimm E.B., van Dam R.M. A prospective study of breakfast consumption and weight gain among U.S. Men. Obesity. 2007;15:2463–2469. doi: 10.1038/oby.2007.292. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Mogre V., Apala P., Nsoh J.A., Wanaba P. Adiposity, hypertension and weight management behaviours in ghanaian type 2 diabetes mellitus patients aged 20–70 years. Diabetes Metab. Syndr. 2016;10:S79–S85. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2015.09.022. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Shafiee G., Kelishadi R., Qorbani M., Motlagh M.E., Taheri M., Ardalan G., Taslimi M., Poursafa P., Heshmat R., Larijani B. Association of breakfast intake with cardiometabolic risk factors. J. Pediatr. 2013;89:575–582. doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2013.03.020. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Azadbakht L., Haghighatdoost F., Feizi A., Esmaillzadeh A. Breakfast eating pattern and its association with dietary quality indices and anthropometric measurements in young women in Isfahan. Nutrition. 2013;29:420–425. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.07.008. - DOI - PubMed

MeSH terms