Abstract: As a significant dietary source for energy, the breakfast is considered as an important meal of the day and skipping of breakfast affects mental, physical activity of people. Worldwide, undergraduate university students have the habits of skipping meals particularly breakfast. Since there were very few literatures available on the impacts of skipping breakfast on academic performance of the students, we endeavor to put forward a study to assess the prevalence of skipping breakfast and its association with academic performance. A Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among all batches of Nursing and Medical students of Eastern University Sri Lanka. Considering the total number of (488) students the sample size was estimated as 253. An online data collection was carried out using a pilot tested and self-administered questionnaire.
According to the finding of this study, the prevalence of breakfast skipping among the students was 36%. Significant differences were seen in various parameters such as memory, concentration, grades obtained and attendance between breakfast skippers and breakfast non-skippers. Breakfast consumption is associated with a range of positive outcomes and skipping breakfast leads to negatively impacts in the academic performance.
Keywords: Food habits, Skipping breakfast, Academic performance.
Title: Impacts of Skipping Breakfast on Academic Performance among Medical and Nursing Students of Eastern University Sri Lanka
Author: Handuwala, L. H. H. I. S, Fernando, W. S. S, Jenaniya, J, Apinaya, J, Sujendran, S
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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