Title of article :
Prevalence of the Skipping Breakfast among the Iranian Students: A Review Article
Author/Authors :
GHAFARI, Mahin Dept. of Public Health - School of Public Health - Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord , DOOSTI-IRANI, Amin Dept. of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan , CHERAGHI, Zahra Dept. of Epidemiology - School of Public Health - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan , AMIRI, Masoud Social Health Determinants Research Center - Shahrekrod University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord
Abstract :
Background: Adolescence is an important period since the establishment of dietary pattern can also affect the adult-hood. This study aimed to estimate the overall prevalence of skipping breakfast among Iranian students.
Methods: The international and national databases, including Medline, Scopus, Science Direct, Embase, Web of sciences, Google Scholar, MagIran, and SID were searched 1945-2016 as per case. All studies addressing the preva-lence of skipping breakfast among Iranian students were extracted.
Results: Out of 322 records, 24 articles remained for meta-analysis. The total pooled prevalence of skipping the breakfast was 0.216 (95% CI: 0.213-0.22), the girls had a higher percentage for skipping breakfast compared with boys (26% vs. 18%).
Conclusion: Skipping breakfast is more prevalent in girls. Interventions are required to promote breakfast consump-tion in the targeted Iranian students, especially the girls
Keywords :
Iran , Systematic review , Dietary pattern , Skipping breakfast
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
