from American Society of Nutrition
There has been so much written about the
importance of a good breakfast. But what
about lunch? A new analysis of data
showed a surprising number of children and
teens skip lunch—thirteen percent of
children under nine and seventeen percent
of those between nine and thirteen. On
weekends, even more children skipped
lunch. A presentation to the American
Society of Nutrition raises concerns because
those who skipped lunch had lower
consumption of nutrients, including calcium
and fiber than those who had lunch. The
largest group of children skipping lunch
were girls between nine and thirteen.
Nestle funded the study of nearly four
thousand young people between four and
thirteen, although data came from the
National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey.