Breakfast is a meal that is often at the heart of nutritional debates. Studies follow one another on the subject which affirm and deny that it is essential to take it to limit weight gain.
Researchers from the University of London, Oxford, Cambridge and Glasgow wanted to understand the impact of early childhood on children’s weight.
Scientists carried out their research on 4,116 children aged 9 to 10, who documented the intake, frequency and composition of breakfast and underwent fasting blood test for blood sugar and insulin level. , as part of the CHASE study (Child Heart And health Study in England – 2004 to 2007).
The results of the study show that the majority of children eat breakfast (74%) every day, 11% of them almost daily, 9% occasionally and 6% never.
Breakfast regulates blood sugar
Children who do not eat breakfast regularly have insulin levels 26% higher fasting, 26.7% higher insulin resistance and 1.2% higher HbA1c (level that reflects blood sugar levels).
“But, for it to be good for your health, this breakfast must be rich in cereals and fibers and low in rapid sugars” remind the authors of the study.
This study confirms the findings of research by Swedish researchers from the University of Umea published in the specialist journal Public Health Nutrition.
They explained that the teenagers who eat a nutrient-poor breakfast are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome in adulthood and therefore increase their risk ofheart attack, stroke and diabetes.
A rapidly growing disease
9 out of 10 times type 2 diabetes is caused by being overweight. The development in France of this “silent epidemic” leaves little room for optimism due to poor eating habits and an increasingly sedentary daily life. Already in 2000, the WHO predicted that there would be nearly a million additional diabetics in France by 2030. And last year in Europe, 271,300 people over the age of 20 died from an illness. linked to diabetes. Or one person every two minutes.