Invited letter to editor in response to: highlights about the association of health and skipping breakfast in adolescents and adults

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 128; no. 4; pp. 782 - 783
• Main Authors: Souza, Marielly Rodrigues de, Neves, Morgana Egle Alves, Souza, Amanda de Moura, Muraro, Ana Paula, Pereira, Rosangela Alves, Ferreira, Márcia Gonçalves, Rodrigues, Paulo Rogério Melo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 28.08.2022
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Adults; Body composition; Body weight loss; Breakfast; Cholesterol; Clinical trials; Diet; Fasting; Feeding Behavior; Humans; Letter to the Editor; Longitudinal studies; Low density lipoprotein; Metabolic disorders; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teenagers; Weight loss
• ISSN: 0007-1145; 1475-2662
• DOI: 10.1017/S0007114521003895

[...]it is important to consider the profile of such studies, which mostly involved small groups of people evaluated during a short period of time. [...]it is not yet possible to identify further effects of this practice on health. [...]studies comparing intermittent fasting with continuous energy restriction found no significantly different effects on weight loss(4) or on reducing the risk of CVD(5). [...]before recommending intermittent fasting for the prevention and treatment of metabolic diseases, large-scale, long-term randomised controlled trials are demanded. [...]there seems to be no consensus in the literature on this subject as another meta-analysis examining seven randomised clinical trials carried out with adults, a mean follow-up of 8·6 weeks (I2 = 21·4 %) found discreet weight loss associated with breakfast skipping; however, no significant changes were observed in body composition, and there was a significant increase in LDL-cholesterol among individuals who have skipped breakfast compared with those having breakfast on a daily basis(7).