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The European Journal of Public Health 1998 8(4):325-328; doi:10.1093/eurpub/8.4.325
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Breakfast-skipping in children and young adolescents in The Netherlands

E. BRUGMAN1, J.F. MEULMEESTER2, A. SPEE-VAN DER WEKKE1 and S.P. VERLOOVE-VANHORICK1

1TNO Prevention and Health Leiden, The Netherlands
2Netherlands School of Public Health The Netherlands

E. Brugman, TNO Prevention and Health, P.O. Box 2215, 2301 CE Leiden, The Netherlands, tel. +31 71 5181723, fax +31 71 5181920

Background: The objective of this study was to provide national figures on the prevalence of breakfast-skipping and the association with sociodemographic variables in 4–15 year old children. Methods: Data of 4,377 children were collected. A food questionnaire (24 h recall) was completed by the parents or by the older children themselves. Results: Five percent of the children in primary school and 13% of the children in secondary school skipped breakfast before going to school. Breakfast-skipping is more frequent in girls, older children, children of fathers of low education or living with a single parent and in children attending school in a large city. Conclusions: The results of this study point out the need for preventive programmes to encourage breakfast consumption in certain groups at risk.

Keywords: breakfast, fasting, nutrition


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