Long-term weight loss and breakfast in subjects in the National Weight Control Registry.
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.
Wyatt
Holly R
HR
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. holly.wyatt@uchsc.edu
Grunwald
Gary K
GK
Mosca
Cecilia L
CL
Klem
Mary L
ML
Wing
Rena R
RR
Hill
James O
JO
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