We
summarized the results of 47 studies examining the association
of breakfast consumption with nutritional adequacy
(nine studies), body weight (16 studies), and academic
performance (22 studies) in children and
adolescents. Breakfast skipping is highly prevalent in the
United States and Europe (10% to 30%), depending on
age group, population, and definition. Although the quality
of breakfast was variable within and between studies,
children who reported eating breakfast on a consistent
basis tended to have superior nutritional profiles than
their breakfast-skipping peers.