Skipping meals increases children's obesity and cardiometabolic risk

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-12/uoef-smi121514.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2014

Contact: Aino-Maija Eloranta
University of Eastern Finland
Skipping meals increases children's obesity and cardiometabolic risk

Children who skip main meals are more likely to have excess body fat and an increased cardiometabolic risk already at the age of 6 to 8 years, according to a Finnish study. A higher consumption of sugary drinks, red meat and low-fat margarine and a lower consumption of vegetable oil are also related to a higher cardiometabolic risk. "The more of these factors are present, the higher the risk," says Ms Aino-Maija Eloranta, MHSc, who presented the results in her doctoral thesis at the University of Eastern Finland.

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