The association between breakfast macronutrient composition and body weight, in preadolescence: an epidemiological study among schoolchildren

SUMMARY

    Research has been mostly focused on the habit of breakfast consumption versus breakfast skipping, and evidence suggests that there is either protective or no effect of frequent breakfast consumption in the occurrence of overweight and obesity in childhood and adolescence. Under the aforementioned considerations, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential association between weight status, and breakfast composition, in terms of its macronutrient component, in Greek children aged 10-12 years. A potential mechanism explaining the results could be that higher breakfast protein content might be able to assist maintain one`s normal body . . .

     

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