Breakfast Characteristics and Their Association with Energy, Macronutrients, and Food Intake in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 12; no. 8; p. 2460
• Main Authors: Giménez-Legarre, Natalia, Flores-Barrantes, Paloma, Miguel-Berges, María Luisa, Moreno, Luis A, Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.08.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Beverages; beverages consumption; Breakfast; Carbohydrates; Child; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; Consumers; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet; Eating; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy Intake; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food; Food consumption; Food intake; Fruit; Health risks; Humans; Literature reviews; macronutrient; Male; Meta-analysis; Nutrients - administration & dosage; Nutrition research; Nutritional Status; Quality; Review; Reviews; Soft drinks; Systematic review; Teenagers; Vegetables; United States > US; food consumption; beverages consumption; breakfast; macronutrient; energy

Breakfast plays an important role in health because it has been associated with overall health, which includes a high daily nutrient intake and a low risk of chronic diseases. For this reason, we investigated the associations between breakfast consumption and daily energy, macronutrients, and food a...