Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents
OBJECTIVES: This study explored the relationship between skipping breakfast and physical fitness in a group of school-aged adolescents in China. METHODS: This cross-sectional study from the Chinese National Surveillance on Students’ Constitution and Health (CNSSCH) survey in Ningbo, China, used a s...
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| author | Jingcen Hu Zhifei Li Sixuan Li Hui Li Sijia Wang Shuyu Wang Lei Xu Delun Yang Tiecheng Ruan Hang Li Shuo Han Qinghai Gong Liyuan Han |
| author_facet | Jingcen Hu Zhifei Li Sixuan Li Hui Li Sijia Wang Shuyu Wang Lei Xu Delun Yang Tiecheng Ruan Hang Li Shuo Han Qinghai Gong Liyuan Han |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: This study explored the relationship between skipping breakfast and physical fitness in a group of school-aged adolescents in China. METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: Our 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. CONCLUSION: The 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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| spelling | doaj.art-4dbb2c8271714a259aba5b1fc24d7e152022-12-21T20:28:10ZengElsevier EspañaClinics1980-53222020-07-017510.6061/clinics/2020/e1599Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescentsJingcen Huhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-104XZhifei LiSixuan Lihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0116-8812Hui LiSijia WangShuyu WangLei XuDelun YangTiecheng RuanHang LiShuo Hanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0586-8266Qinghai Gonghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7629-7352Liyuan Hanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3329-3212OBJECTIVES: This study explored the relationship between skipping breakfast and physical fitness in a group of school-aged adolescents in China. METHODS: This 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. RESULTS: Our 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. CONCLUSION: The 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322020000100250&tlng=enBreakfast SkippingPhysical FitnessAdolescents |
| spellingShingle | Jingcen Hu Zhifei Li Sixuan Li Hui Li Sijia Wang Shuyu Wang Lei Xu Delun Yang Tiecheng Ruan Hang Li Shuo Han Qinghai Gong Liyuan Han Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents Clinics Breakfast Skipping Physical Fitness Adolescents |
| title | Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents |
| title_full | Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents |
| title_short | Skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school-aged adolescents |
| title_sort | skipping breakfast and physical fitness among school aged adolescents |
| topic | Breakfast Skipping Physical Fitness Adolescents |
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