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Is breakfast consumption related to mental distress and academic performance in adolescents?

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Lien, Lars·2007·Public Health Nutrition
DOI 10.1017/s1368980007258550
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between mental distress, academic performance and regular breakfast consumption across gender and immigration status. DESIGN: Cross-sectional population-based study. Two four-page questionnaires were filled in during two school sessions. SETTING: All junior high schools in Oslo, Norway using the classroom as the setting for the study. SUBJECTS: All 10th grade students 15-16 years olds in 2000 and 2001. Of 8316 eligible students, 7343 (88.3%) participated in the study. RESULTS: All immigrant groups, except the Western countries group, are skipping breakfast more often than Norwegian students, and girls more often than boys (27 versus 19%). After adjustment for possible confounding factors, the odds ratio (OR) for being mentally distressed when eating breakfast seldom/never compared with every day was 3.0 (2.0-4.5) for boys, 1.6 (1.2-2.1) for girls and 1.6 (1.5-2.6) for the immigrant group. The comparable OR for having low school grades was similar for boys and girls, 2.0 (1.3-3.0), and 1.6 (1.5-2.6) for the immigrant groups. CONCLUSIONS: Skipping breakfast is a common feature among 10th grade students. The implications of skipping breakfast on mental distress and academic performance are stronger for boys than girls and stronger for Norwegians compared with immigrants.

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Authors
Lien, L.
Affiliations
University of Oslo (NO)
Corresponding author
Lien, Lars
ORCID
Lien, Lars
Venue
Public Health Nutrition
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2007-04
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
422-428
ISSN
  • 1368-9800 (ISSN-L)
  • 1475-2727
DOI
10.1017/s1368980007258550
OpenAlex
W2155990011
Cited by
152
References
36
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FWCI
5.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Public Health Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Universitetet i Oslo
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Keywords
breakfast skipping, psychological distress, academic performance, adolescents, immigrant students, gender differences, school grades, junior high school students, dietary habits
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Cross-Sectional Studies, Eating, Educational Status, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Humans, Male, Norway, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Students, Odds Ratio, Sex Distribution

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