title: Breakfast consumption and its socio-demographic and lifestyle correlates in schoolchildren in 41 countries participating in the HBSC study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate associations of daily breakfast consumption (DBC) with demographic and lifestyle factors in 41 countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey including nationally representative samples of 11-15 year olds (n = 204,534) (HBSC 2005-2006).
  
  
  METHODS
  Multilevel logistic regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  DBC varied from 33% (Greek girls) to 75% (Portuguese boys).In most countries, lower DBC was noticed in girls, older adolescents, those with lower family affluence and those living in single-parent families. DBC was positively associated with healthy lifestyle behaviours and negatively with unhealthy lifestyle behaviours.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breakfast skipping deserves attention in preventive programs. It is common among adolescents, especially girls, older adolescents and those from disadvantaged families.The results indicate that DBC can serve as an indicator to identify children at risk for unhealthy lifestyle behaviours.
authors.affiliation: FWO-Flanders, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Carine.Vereecken@UGent.be
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vereecken
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: Mette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Tonja R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Nansel
authors.forename: Haleama
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al Sabbah
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baldassari
authors.forename: Marina Delgrande
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: Birgit V-L
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Niclasen
authors.forename: Namanjeet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D005060:Europe; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States