Breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional engagement at school: a cross-sectional population-level study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Research on the consequences of breakfast skipping among students tends to focus on academic outcomes, rather than student well-being or engagement at school. This study investigated the association between breakfast skipping and cognitive and emotional aspects of school engagement.

Design

Cross-sectional study using data from a population-level survey of children and adolescents' well-being and engagement at school. Linear regression with adjustment for confounders was used to estimate the effect of breakfast skipping on school engagement.

Setting

Government schools (i.e. public schools) in South Australia.

Participants

The participants were students, Grades 4-12, who completed the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection in 2019. The analysis sample incl

SUBMITTER: Moller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991782 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature