Prevalence of breakfast skipping among children and adolescents: a cross-sectional population level study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions to promote breakfast consumption are a popular strategy to address early life inequalities. It is important to understand the epidemiology of children and adolescents who skip breakfast so that interventions and policy can be appropriately considered. This study investigated the prevalence of breakfast skipping among a contemporary, population-wide sample of children and adolescents in Australia.

Methods

Participants were grade 4-12 students (n = 71,390, 8-18 years) in South Australian government (public) schools who took part in the 2019 Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. The prevalence of breakfast skipping (never, sometimes, often, or always) was calculated for the overall sample and stratified by gender, school grade, socioeconomic status and g

SUBMITTER: Sincovich A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034546 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature