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ThesisItem Open Access BREAKFAST CONSUMPTION PATTERN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES OF SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN(UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2017-09-15) NATARAJ A., DURGANNAVAR; Vijayalakshmi, DBreakfast skipping is increasingly wide spread among children. The investigation was undertaken to study the breakfast behavior and its impact on nutritional status and cognitive abilities among school going children. A total of 200 children in the age of 10 to 12 years were selected from two schools of the Bengaluru North region through random sampling method. The children were assessed for the parameters such as breakfast skipping pattern, nutrient intake, anthropometric measurements and cognitive abilities. Of all the children studied, 22.5 per cent skipped breakfast 1-2 times a week, 23.5 per cent skipped 3-4 times in a week and 8.5 per cent skipped breakfast 5-6 times in a week period. The mean intake of all the nutrients among all the children studied was found to be less than RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowances). When compared with the breakfast consumers, skippers had lower mean intake of all the nutrients studied. Overall, 52.0 per cent of the children were normal followed by 39.5 per cent were underweight, 5.5 per cent were obese and 3.0 per cent were overweight. Higher percentages of the children who consume breakfast regularly possessed high average and average IQ (intelligent quotient) whereas breakfast skippers fell under low average and borderline IQ level. Overall, the study suggests that eating breakfast regularly is associated with healthier body weight, better diet quality and cognitive development.