The use of dietary patterns (DP) in nutritional research is well established; however, only a few studies of DP according to specific meals have been conducted. The purpose of this study was to identify the DP regarding breakfast, lunch and dinner meals of the population (aged 20 years and older of both sexes) that participated in the Health Care Survey of Sao Paulo. Food intake was estimated b...

Street children are the most neglected and vulnerable population and are at risk of micronutrient deficiency syndrome like anemia. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status and prevalence of anemia among street children aged from 3 to 18 years living in Kolkata metropolitan city. Presence of pallor, koilonychias, and blood hemoglobin level were assessed in this survey. A cross ...

introduction: breakfast is repeatedly called to as the most important meal of the day and has positive effects on nutritional profile, cognitive activities and disease prevention in schoolchildren. the aim of this study was to assess the eating breakfast status in a sample of primary students of ilam city. materials and methods: participants of this cross-sectional study were 298 schoolchildren...

OBJECTIVES Universal interventions may widen or narrow inequalities if disproportionately effective among higher or lower socio-economic groups. The present paper examines impacts of the Primary School Free Breakfast Initiative in Wales on inequalities in children's dietary behaviours and cognitive functioning. DESIGN Cluster-randomised controlled trial. Responses were linked to free school m...

Objective: Much of the previous research on breakfast skipping and its associations with disordered eating, obesity, and depression has been limited by the use of different definitions “breakfast skipping.” The present study examines breakfast skipping and its associations with these negative health correlates in the Add Health Wave III sample of adolescents and young adults using all the defin...

BACKGROUND There is little information about meal patterns and food consumption of adolescents in Palestine. The objective of this study was to describe the association between sociodemographic factors and food intake, and meal patterns among Palestinian school adolescents (12-15 year) in North Gaza Strip. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2002 comprising 944 subjects in 10 sch...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND In humans, skipping meals, especially breakfast, has been associated with obesity and other related syndromes. Recent studies in rodents suggest that fasting and feeding times are potential factors that affect the peripheral circadian clocks and metabolism. However, the link between fasting and obesity in rodents has yet to be fully demonstrated. METHOD We conducted e...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to elucidate the correlation among dietary intake, dietary preferences, and social-psychological factors in the youth and to examine the factors that affect such dietary behaviors as snacking, skipping breakfast, and taking a biased nutrition. METHODS A survey was carried out using a questionnaire with closed questions on multiple items such as dietary beha...

Obesity is a global public health priority. Restrained eating is related to obesity and total energy intake but associations with the eating patterns are unclear. We examined the associations of restrained eating with the size and frequency of intake occasions among 1213 British adult (19-64 y) participants in a cross-sectional analysis of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2000. The Dut...