Founded in 1994, Shape Up America! is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization committed to raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight management.
Breakfast Benefits – Weight Management Tool
Shape Up America! analyzed national NHANES data on breakfast eating in teenagers (ages 12 to 16). We wanted to look at breakfast eating in very thin teenagers and compare their eating habits to those of normal weight teens and overweight teens. The graph below shows what we found. The pattern of breakfast eating among the boys is very different from that of the girls. About half of the boys (red bars) are eating breakfast regularly whether they are very thin (on extreme left), normal weight (middle) or overweight (extreme right). For girls (green bars), it is a very different story. The thinnest girls are most likely of all to eat breakfast regularly. As weight increases, breakfast eating among the girls declines steadily. Breakfast eating reaches the lowest level among the overweight girls.
You may have seen recent news reports about a similar study confirming the benefits of eating breakfast in young adults (ages 25 to 37). The study of Dr. Mark Pereira and other research shows that not just any breakfast is best for weight management. Some choices are better than others. The type of breakfast eating we present in our Shape Up & Drop 10™ program is the most beneficial for good health as well as weight management. We urge you to proceed directly to Step 1 of this new program from Shape Up America! Learn what type of breakfast is best and many other strategies to achieve fullness on fewer calories with Shape Up & Drop 10™.