Prevalence and Health Hazards of Breakfast Skipping in Children and Adolescents in China

Jinyi Zhu

doi:10.54097/hset.v19i.2702

Authors

Jinyi Zhu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/hset.v19i.2702

Keywords:

Breakfast Skipping; Adolescents; Children.

Abstract

Children and teenagers require a proper and balanced diet in order to grow and develop. However, breakfast skipping (BS) is quite common in Chinese children. From the large-scale surveys published in Pub Med and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), the prevalence of skipping breakfast is around 8-25% in Chinese children and adolescents. Skipping breakfast is related to personal and social economic factors. In China, children from low-income and low urbanization areas are at a higher rate of skipping. Skipping breakfast is also related to sleep insufficiency. Skipping breakfast has a lot of health hazards to children and adolescents. Breakfast skippers had worse cognitive, physical and social performance than the peers that eat breakfast. In some groups of children, BS was also associated with malnutrition. Research in some Chinese areas found that breakfast skippers had a higher rate of overweight/obesity, but other groups do not show the relationship. Some studies also showed BS tend to cluster with other unhealthy behaviors and increase the risk of metabolic syndrome. Further research is necessary to understand the mechanism of BS and its dangers.

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