title: Risk of mental health problems in adolescents skipping meals: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010 to 2012.
abstract: Adolescents frequently skip meals, doing so even more than once per day. This is associated with more mental health problems.
  
  
  
  This study identified mental health problems' associations with skipping meals and the frequency thereof among adolescents.
  
  
  
  This cross-sectional population-based study used a data set of 1,413 adolescents from the 2010 to 2012 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Hierarchical multivariable logistic regression was conducted to determine the risk of mental health problems, including stress, depressive mood, and suicidal ideation in relation to skipping meals and the frequency thereof per day.
  
  
  
  Breakfast skipping significantly increased the risks of stress and depressive mood. Stress, depressive mood, and suicidal ideation were significantly prevalent as the daily frequency of skipping meals increased.
  
  
  
  Specific strategies should be developed at government or school level to decrease the frequency of skipping meals per day, associated with serious mental health problems in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Health Nursing, College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kjdooly@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Gyungjoo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungdo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, College of Nursing, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunju
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals / Q000523:psychology*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Adolescent; Mental health; Skipping meal