Breakfast Frequency Is Inversely Associated with Weight Gain in a Cohort of Mexican Women. Issue 2 (31st December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Martínez, Claudia F; Ortiz-Panozo, Eduardo; Mattei, Josiemer; Campos, Hannia; Flores-Aldana, Mario; Lajous, Martín
• Is Part Of: Journal of nutrition. Volume 151:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 405
• Page End: 411
• Publication Date: 2020-12-31
• Subjects: breakfast -- body weight change -- meal pattern -- meal frequency -- longitudinal study -- Mexico; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Diet -- Periodicals; 613.205
• DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxaa367
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3166

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Background: Food timing affects circadian rhythms involved in weight control. Regular consumption of breakfast may affect body weight. Objective: We examined the relation between breakfast frequency with weight change in middle-age women over a 3-y period. Methods: We used data from 65, 099 nonpregnant women aged >20 y participating in the Mexican Teachers' Cohort (MTC) who at baseline (2006–2008) were cancer free and for whom self-reported breakfast frequency at baseline was available. We analyzed body weight change between baseline and the first follow-up (2011) according to breakfast frequency. Participants were classified according to baseline breakfast frequency 0, 1–3, 4–6, or 7 d/wk and meal frequency 1–2, 3–4, or ≥5 meals/d. We used linear and modified Poisson regression to analyze body weight change as a continuous variable and for weight gain ≥5 kg (yes/no), respectively. Models were adjusted for sociodemographic and lifestyle confounders. Results: At baseline, 25% of participants were daily breakfast consumers and 18.4% of women increased ≥5 kg between 2008 and 2011. The prevalence of weight gain ≥5 kg among daily breakfast consumers was 7% lower than among those who skipped breakfast (prevalence ratio: 0.93; 95% CI: 0.89, 0.97; P -trend = 0.02). The association was stronger among normal-weight women at baseline with a corresponding estimate of 0.87 (95% CI: 0.79, 0.97; P -trend = 0.02). Conclusion: Daily breakfast consumption was inversely associated with weight gain ≥5 kg over 3 y in middle-aged Mexican women. Regular breakfast may be an important dietary factor for body weight change.