title: Long-term weight loss and breakfast in subjects in the National Weight Control Registry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine breakfast consumption in subjects maintaining a weight loss in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study in which 2959 subjects in the NWCR completed demographic and weight history questionnaires as well as questions about their current breakfast consumption. All subjects had maintained a weight loss of at least 13.6 kg (30 lb) for at least 1 year; on average these subjects had lost 32 kg and kept it off for 6 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A large proportion of NWCR subjects (2313 or 78%) reported regularly eating breakfast every day of the week. Only 114 subjects (4%) reported never eating breakfast. There was no difference in reported energy intake between breakfast eaters and non-eaters, but breakfast eaters reported slightly more physical activity than non-breakfast eaters (p = 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eating breakfast is a characteristic common to successful weight loss maintainers and may be a factor in their success.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: Holly R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Wyatt
authors.forename: Gary K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Grunwald
authors.forename: Cecilia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Mosca
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Klem
authors.forename: Rena R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D002523:Edible Grain; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015431:Weight Loss