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Effect of Breakfast Intake for Scholastic Performance and Self-esteem
2021 Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 33-38
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2021 Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 33-38
Eating breakfast is very important for the health and development of children. However, few studies have explored the correlates of children’s academic performance. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the associations of breakfast and scholastic performance.
Six hundred fifty-five children, aged 8 to 12 years, were surveyed using original questionnaires. Breakfast skipping was defined as having missed any food between waking and the commencement of morning school classes at least 1 school day during the past week.
Eight percent of participants reported skipping breakfast at least once time per week. Children who ate breakfast everyday scored higher on Japanese language test than children who did not eat breakfast (71.6±18.9 vs 65.9±18.0, p<0.05). Furthermore, students who did not had breakfast had higher negative emotion than those who always ate breakfast.
Breakfast is not only promoted to improve health, but also to improve scholastic performance. We suggest further studies on the relationship between meal content, and scholastic performance.
