Associations of meal frequency and breakfast with obesity and metabolic syndrome traits in adolescents of Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986

Conclusion: Among 16-year-olds, the five-meal-a-day pattern was robustly associated with reduced risks of overweight/obesity in both genders and abdominal obesity in boys.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - August 16, 2012 Category: Nutrition Authors: A. Jääskeläinen, U. Schwab, M. Kolehmainen, J. Pirkola, M.-R. Järvelin, J. Laitinen Tags: Obesity and cardiometabolic risk in youth Source Type: research