Eating Breakfast and Actual Situation in Children (6-15 Years Old) in Tirana

Altin Martiri
Sports University of Tirane, Faculty of Movement Science, Department of Sports

Abstract

Study shows that the body is really a cooperative colony of trillions of cells, each of which has an existence and energy needs all its own. Heredity play role in this topic and has significance it is we do not know. Today the eating habits taught by parents are thought to have more impact in terms of the ways in which food is used, rather than the kinds of food selected. The main objective of this study is to understand the real attitude toward eating behaviour especially breakfast, knowing that is very important for a healthy child, BMR (basal metabolic rate. It was organized standard questionnaires delivering in 10 schools in Tirana in total 1540 children, in elementary and middle school (boys 754, girls 786). To the question– how often children eat breakfast, data show that in total for every day are 65,6 % of children (boys 67.3%, girls 63.9%) especially in elementary school 75.8 % and in the middle school 52%. In conclusion of this study, data show a large number of children not eating breakfast day today and this may be a holistic problem toward obesity in later life of our children. Keywords: obesity, eating behaviour, breakfast, children.


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