Abstract
ABSTRACT
 BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Breakfast is considered as important meal of the day and it should provide 25 % of total energy intake including all five food groups. Breakfast skipping is common in adolescents and it is associated with changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) and cognitive abilities. Breakfast skipping enhances appetite throughout the remaining day which leads to over eating resulting in overweight and obesity. Addition of breakfast is useful plan of action to improve satiety, reduced food motivation and improve diet quality. Eating breakfast regularly has association between both with less mental distress and healthy life style. For this purpose, this study was designed to determine the prevalence of breakfast skipping in adolescent’s university girls and its effect on their Body Mass Index (BMI).
 METHODOLOGY: For the current research, 200 individuals were selected from different departments of The University of Faisalabad. Questionnaire was developed and height, weight and dietary history were measured. The data obtained from the study was tabulated and statistically analyzed by applying Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Least Significant Difference (LSD).
 RESULTS: Skipping of breakfast has significant effect on increasing the Body Mass Index (BMI) in university adolescent girls.
 CONCLUSION: Breakfast skipping resulted in increased BMI in university adolescent girls.
Highlights
Adolescence is a stage of life when growth and development occurs rapidly, so these stages are considered nutritionally vulnerable because they required adequate nutrition in this period of life
Breakfast skipping resulted in increased Body Mass Index (BMI) in university adolescent girls
In current study, we observed prevalence of breakfast skipping among adolescent university girls and analyzed the effect of breakfast skipping on different parameters including body mass index (BMI)
Summary
Adolescence is a stage of life when growth and development occurs rapidly, so these stages are considered nutritionally vulnerable because they required adequate nutrition in this period of life. Nutrient requirement of adolescents are higher owing to the rapid development of psychosocial, physiological and cognitive abilities In this period, unhealthy eating practices such as increase in the consumption of junk food, eating outdoors, food choices with poor nutritional quality, irregular eating patterns especially breakfast skipping have long term health effects. This study was designed to enhance the importance of breakfast in the adolescent life and evaluate the prevalence of the skipping of breakfast and its harmful effects on the academic performance and BMI. Breakfast skipping is common in adolescents and it is associated with changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) and cognitive abilities. Eating breakfast regularly has association between both with less mental distress and healthy life style For this purpose, this study was designed to determine the prevalence of breakfast skipping in adolescent's university girls and its effect on their Body Mass Index (BMI)
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