ResearchCurrent ResearchThe Relationship of Breakfast and Cereal Consumption to Nutrient Intake and Body Mass Index: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study
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Materials and Methods
As previously reported, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Growth and Health Study is a 10-year longitudinal study of 2,379 girls who were 9 or 10 years old at study entry (Table 1) (16). Girls were recruited from three study sites: University of California at Berkeley; University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; and Westat Inc/Group Health in Rockville, MD. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of all
Age Trends in Breakfast and Cereal Consumption
The number of days of breakfast consumption and the number of days of cereal consumption were computed for each girl at each age (Objective 1). Detailed data on days of breakfast consumption by age in the same cohort of girls used in the present analysis were presented by Affenito and colleagues (7). Days of breakfast consumption decreased significantly as girls grew older [repeated-measures Mantel-Haenzel test of nonzero correlation: χ2(10)=1,603.09, P<.0001]. Similar to the pattern for
Discussion
The objective of this research was to investigate the role of breakfast and cereal consumption on BMI as girls matured through adolescence. The longitudinal analysis clearly demonstrated that cereal consumption was predictive of lower BMI in these girls. Previous research has documented several negative behaviors associated with overweight or obesity in youth, including lack of physical activity, unhealthful weight-control measures, unhealthful food choices or poor diet, and skipping breakfast (
Conclusions
Cereal consumption may be one component of a healthful lifestyle that helps adolescent girls to maintain adequate nutrient intake and a healthful BMI. Cereal consumption may form part of an overall eating pattern that promotes maintenance of healthful body weights.
B. Barton is president and chief executive officer, Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore.
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B. Barton is president and chief executive officer, Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore.
D. Thompson is a senior research scientist, Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore.
A. Eldridge is manager, Nutrition Science, Bell Institute of Nutrition, Minneapolis.
A. Albertson is a senior nutrition scientist, Bell Institute of Nutrition, Minneapolis.
S. Crockett is senior director, General Mills, Bell Institute of Nutrition, Minneapolis, MN.
S. Affenito is an assistant professor, Department of Nutrition and Family Studies, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT.
R. Striegel-Moore is a professor, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.
D. Franko is a professor, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.