Breakfast Important for Teen Mothers

Teen mums who eat breakfast have healthier weights and snacking habits, this eating behavior in mums can influence healthy eating habits among their children, revealed in a study.

The study was conducted by obesity prevention expert Debra Haire-Joshu, professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

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"It's important to look at dietary patterns among postpartum teens to help reduce weight retention and prevent intergenerational obesity," Haire-Joshu said.

"Overall, breakfast consumption among postpartum teens is low and interventions are needed to encourage breakfast consumption among teen mothers," she said.

Haire-Joshu points out that "teen mothers now control the food environment for their child.

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"Thus, patterns exhibited by the mothers, including lack of breakfast and high-risk sweetened drink and snacking behavior, might influence the intake of their young child," she said.

"Over time and left unchanged, these behaviors are reinforced as the child observes that parent and has access to high risk foods in their environment," Haire-Joshu added.

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The study followed 1,330 postpartum teens across 27 states.

Participants were enrolled in the Parents as Teachers Teen Program and completed a seven-day recall of their breakfast, snack and beverage consumption.

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Almost half of the sample consumed breakfast fewer than two days per week.

Those who ate breakfast six to seven days per week consumed 1,197 fewer kilocalories per week from sweet and salty snacks, 1,337 fewer kilocalories per week from sweetened drinks, and had a lower BMI compared to those who ate breakfast fewer than two days per week.

Consumption of fruits, vegetables, milk, water and cereal as a snack were higher among regular breakfast consumers.

The study appeared in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Source-ANI