ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2020
Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents.
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- Association between breakfast consumption frequency and handgrip strength and standing long jump: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of gender differences and lifestyle factors on depression among Chinese children and adolescents.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Dietary behaviors and physical fitness among Chinese adolescents aged 13-16 years: a comparative study on breakfast, eggs, dairy, and sugar-sweetened beverages by urban-rural location and sex.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Meal skipping among adolescents in the Philippines: prevalence, associated factors, and associations with dietary, mental health, and health risk behavioural outcomes.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Barriers to Care for Pediatric Patients with Obesity.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Physical fitness mediates and predicts for high blood pressure among children in relation to weight status.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Can Anthropometry and Body Composition Explain Physical Fitness Levels in School-Aged Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study explored the relationship between skipping breakfast and physical fitness in a group of school-aged adolescents in China.
methodsThis cross-sectional study from the Chinese National Surveillance on Students' Constitution and Health (CNSSCH) survey in Ningbo, China, used a standardized questionnaire to assess the frequency of breakfast consumption. Physical fitness was measured through standing long jump, 50-m sprint, 1,000 (or 800)-m run, and vital capacity tests. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to investigate the relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and physical fitness.
resultsOur study included a total of 1,849 school-aged adolescents (aged 15.53±1.80 years). Among boys, non-breakfast-skippers had good scores for 50-m sprints, 1,000-m run, and vital capacity tests when compared with breakfast skippers (all p<0.05). Among girls, non-breakfast-skippers had a good scores for the standing long jump test compared with breakfast skippers (p=0.003). The multiple linear regression model showed that not skipping breakfast was positively associated with vital capacity (β=-173.78, p=0.004) and inversely associated with 50-m sprint (β=-0.12, p=0.018) and 1,000-m run times (β=-8.08, p=0.001) in boys.
conclusionThe results of this cross-sectional study revealed that skipping breakfast might be associated with lower physical fitness in Chinese adolescents aged 13-18 years, especially boys. Breakfast consumption should be promoted among Chinese school-aged boys.
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