Associations between breakfast frequency and adiposity indicators in children from 12 countries.
J K ZakrzewskiF B GillisonS CummingT S ChurchP T KatzmarzykS T BroylesC M ChampagneJ-P ChaputK D DenstelM FogelholmG HuR KuriyanA KurpadE V LambertC MaherJ MaiaV MatsudoE F MireT OldsV OnyweraO L SarmientoM S TremblayC Tudor-LockeP ZhaoM Standagenull nullPublished in: International journal of obesity supplements (2015)
In a multinational sample of children, more frequent breakfast consumption was associated with lower BMI z-scores and BF% compared with occasional and rare consumption. Associations were not consistent across all 12 countries. Further research is required to understand global differences in the observed associations.