Trial reportPublic health nutrition2013
Proposal for a Breakfast Quality Index (BQI) for children and adolescents.
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- Diet quality indices and their associations with health-related outcomes in children and adolescents: an updated systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
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- The benefits of breakfast cereal consumption: a systematic review of the evidence base.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2014Pooled it
- Measuring breakfast dietary patterns in Spanish youth: Reliability of the Spanish Youth Breakfast Consumption Questionnaire (SYBC-Q).Nutrition and health · 2026Article
- Associations among family sociodemographic factors, breakfast habits, and weight status in preschool children and the mediating role of breakfast habits: the ToyBox-study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Development of the Ajinomoto Group Nutrient Profiling System for Japanese Meals.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Development and application of the Meal and Snack Assessment (MESA) quality scale for children and adolescents using item response theory.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Breakfast quality and its sociodemographic and psychosocial correlates among Italian children, adolescents, and adults from the Italian Nutrition & HEalth Survey (INHES) study.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Describing the longitudinal breakfast quality index trajectories in early childhood: results from Melbourne InFANT program.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Time-related meal patterns and breakfast quality in a sample of Iranian adults.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Breakfast Quality and Insulin Resistance in Spanish Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A three-component Breakfast Quality Score (BQS) to evaluate the nutrient density of breakfast meals.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Breakfast consumption and its relationship with diet quality and adherence to Mediterranean diet in European adolescents: the HELENA study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Association between Dietary Patterns and Physical Fitness among Chinese Children and Adolescents in Shaanxi Province.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Skipping breakfast and excess weight among young people: the moderator role of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
- Comparisons of Four Diet Quality Indexes to Define Single Meal Healthfulness.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Observational
- Nutritional breakfast quality and cardiometabolic risk factors: Health Survey of São Paulo, a population-based study.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Association between Mediterranean Dietary Pattern and Breakfast Quality with Physical Fitness in School Children: The HIIT Project.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Breakfast Habits of a Representative Sample of the Spanish Child and Adolescent Population (The ENALIA Study): Association with Diet Quality.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo propose and apply an instrument to assess the breakfast quality of children and adolescents in the Mediterranean area.
designRandomized, cross-sectional survey of breakfast consumption using a validated semi-quantitative FFQ administered at school by trained dietitians between Tuesday and Friday. A Breakfast Quality Index (BQI) score was developed, assigning a positive value to the consumption of cereals, fruit, vegetables, dairy products, MUFA, Ca and compliance with energy recommendations, and to the absence of SFA and trans-rich fats. Data were analysed by Student's t test and ANOVA.
settingSchools in Granada and Balearic Islands (Spain). SUBJECTS: All schoolchildren (n 4332) aged 8-17 years at randomly selected and representative schools between 2006 and 2008, stratified by age and sex.
resultsBreakfast was not consumed by 6·5 % of participants. BQI score was highest for children aged 7-9 years and decreased with age (P = 0·001). Females scored higher in all age groups. The lowest score was in males aged 14-17 years and the highest in females aged 7-9 years (P = 0·006).
conclusionsThe proposed BQI appears useful to estimate the breakfast quality of schoolchildren and to form a basis for nutrition education.
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