1.Assessment of skipping breakfast at home among adolescent school students in Badia Region, Jordan
Amani Masalha ; Mohammad S ALBashtawy ; Mohammad N Alshloul ; Nisren Abu Baker ; Shereen Hamadneh ; Abdullah Alkhawaldeh ; Mohammed S Alyahya ; Ma&rsquo ; en Aljezawi ; Asem Abdalrahim ; Mohammad Suliman ; Doha M Alshloul
Malaysian Journal of Nutrition 2023;29(No.2):343-354
Introduction: Healthy meals play an essential role in the healthy physical and
mental development of adolescents. Breakfast at home is associated with improved
nutritional choices, and skipping breakfast is detrimental. This study assessed
prevalence of skipping breakfast at home among adolescent students in the Badia
Region of Jordan, identifying the reasons and characteristics associated with
such behavioural choice. Methods: A cross-sectional survey among adolescent
students (aged 13-16 years, in 8th-9th grades) from six public schools in Badia
Region, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, was conducted through self-administered
questionnaire from February to March 2022. Results: Results showed that 68.1%
of 552 student participants regularly skipped breakfast at home (72.4% boys vs.
61.3% girls; p=0.007). Among those who regularly skipped breakfast, three main
rationales for this choice were not feeling hungry (5.3%), lack of time (2.7%), and
lack of appetite (3.5%). Conclusion: The prevalence of skipping breakfast at home
among adolescents in Badia Region was high for various reasons, including lack
of time, not feeling hungry, seeking to manage weight, and insufficient knowledge
on the importance of healthy breakfast. Therefore, understanding the reasons and
factors that contribute towards breakfast skipping may help in solving the problem,
underscoring that positive beliefs should be reinforced in schools, with parents
encouraging adolescents to eat healthy breakfast.
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