Abstrakt

Breakfast consumption patterns among the students at Ahfad University for women

Somiya Gutbi Salim*

Background: Breakfast meal fuel the body with essential nutritious needs to function and helps the brain to concentrate during the day. People who eat breakfast will eat fewer calories throughout the rest of the day. Skipping breakfast makes the body goes into starvation mode, leading to compensate and overeat later in the day. This study was cross-sectional that had been conducted in the period at Ahfad University for Women School of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Objective: to assess breakfast consumption pattern among the students of health sciences, department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Ahfad University for Women. Methodology: Sample size was 100 students, selected by systemic random sampling from School of health sciences department of nutrition and Dietetics at Ahfad University for women. Data was collected by using questionnaire including frequency of some types of food taken by the students.