Study of the breakfast habits and its relationship with some factors in Semnan (Iran) pupils

authors:

avatar Batool Karimi , * , avatar Mehdi SadatHashemi , avatar Hosein Habibian

Koomesh: Vol.9, issue 4; 285-292
article type: Research Article
received: December 02, 2008
accepted: February 09, 2015

how to cite: Karimi B, SadatHashemi M, Habibian H. Study of the breakfast habits and its relationship with some factors in Semnan (Iran) pupils. koomesh. 2008;9(4):e152204. 

Abstract

Introduction: Proper nutrition is one of the essential factors to well being for children and adolescents. Meanwhile, breakfast has a major role to supply their requirement nutrients and energy. There are some experimental evidences that suggest that omitting breakfast negatively affects cognitive functioning. This survey was performed to study of breakfast habits and its relationships with some factors in Semnan (Iran) pupils during 2006. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive analytical study, 1193 pupils in different educational grades were selected by the multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected by using a questionnaire and analyzed with Kruskal Wallis, Mann - Whitney and Spearman Coefficient Correlation tests using SPSS software. Results: The mean and standard deviation of age was 12.4±3.3 years old. 50.7% of them were boys and 49.3% were girls. 53.4% of the pupils stated that they always eat breakfast and the rest of them, do not eat irregularly. 4.4% of the pupils said they never eat breakfast. In this study, there was significant relationship between breakfast habits and age (P