(Photo by Alex Green via Pexels) By Stephen Beech via SWNS Children who skip breakfast are less happy in life, suggests new research. Youngsters aged 10 to 17 years of age who often miss a morning meal have lower life satisfaction than those who regularly eat brekkie, according to the findings. The research, led by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Universidad de las Americas in Mexico, analyzed data from more than 150,000 children in 42 countries around the world, including the UK.
The findings, published in the BMC Nutrition Journal , show a near-direct relationship between a higher frequency of eating breakfast and greater life satisfaction in children and teenagers. The highest life satisfaction score was identified in participants who had breakfast daily , while the lowest life satisfaction score was observed in children who never had breakfast. (Photo by RDNE Stock project via Pexels) Children in Portugal who ate breakfast every day had the highest levels of life satisfaction of the 42 countries involved in the study.
The lowest life satisfaction scores were found in children from Romania who never ate breakfast, which the research team says indicates potential socio-economic factors also influencing the results. Amongst children who ate breakfast every day, children in England had the fifth lowest mean life satisfaction scores, behind only Romania, Hungary, Germany and Austria. Study senior author Professor Lee Smith, of ARU, said: “Our study was wide-ranging and fo.