Research Paper
IMPACT OF BREAKFAST EATING PATTERN ON PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN IN URBAN LUCKNOW – A SURVEY
Author: REEMA SINGH*, AND RUCHIRA RATHAUR**,
*Ph.D Scholar, Community Medicine [Institute of Medical Sciences] Banaras Hindu University Varanasi (U.P.) India. e-Mail : (reemasingh 2008
@ rediffmail.com)
**Associate Prof, Mahila P.G. College [Aminabad] Lucknow (U.P.) India.
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Abstract
School children have more nutritional requirement due to their involvement in lot of physical and mental activities and to fulfill these requirements adequate diet is necessary. Objectives of the study were: (a) Assessment of breakfast eating pattern in school children in the age group of 9-10 yrs (b) To identify major nutrients in the breakfast (c) To assess the effect of breakfast eating pattern on the phisical activity and academic performance of school children. A cross sectional study was conducted in a selected school in which 50 school children aged 9-10 year were interviewed after taking permission from Principal. Twenty four hour dietary recall method was used to assess breakfast eating pattern and Harvard step test was used for physical activity. Class register was used to obtain school attendance rate. Analysis of data revealed that children who consumed breakfast had 72% capacity of physical activity, 50% satisfactory examination result and 82% attendances in class. While children who skipedbreakfast were found with 22.5% capacity of physical activity, 19.5% satisfactory examination result and only 35% attendance in the class.Morning dietary intake plays a crucial role in the development of school children.
