Is Mid-morning Breakfast as Healthy as Early-morning Breakfast for Blood Sugar Control in Adolescent Girls?

Summary

Repeated, elevated levels of glucose (sugar) within the blood after eating can lead to type 2 diabetes. In adults, eating breakfast lowers blood glucose responses to subsequent meals when compared with skipping breakfast. Yet, adolescent girls may respond differently due to differences in how their bodies use energy. This is important because around 80% of the United Kingdom (UK) adolescent girls skip breakfast. As common reasons for skipping breakfast in adolescent girls are 'lack of time' and 'not hungry' in the morning, eating breakfast during the mid-morning may be an attractive option for them. This project will be the first to compare the impact of eating breakfast in the early morning and mid-morning with skipping breakfast on subsequent blood glucose levels in adolescent girls who usually skip breakfast. The findings will inform recommendations tailored to an 'at risk' and under-researched population for type 2 diabetes prevention, which is more effective than a cure.

Conditions

• Postprandial Hyperglycemia

Interventions

OTHER

breakfast omission (BO)

this group will not be provided with a breakfast until lunch time (at 12:30).

OTHER

early-morning breakfast consumption (EM-BC)

this group will be provided with an early morning breakfast (at 08:30).

OTHER

mid-morning breakfast consumption (MM-BC)

this group will be provided with a mid (late) morning breakfast (at 10:30).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bedfordshire

  collaborator OTHER

• Loughborough University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Keith Tolfrey, Dr · Loughborough University

• Sahar Afeef, MSc · Loughborough University

• Julia Zakrzewski-Fruer, Dr · University of Bedfordshire

• Laura Barrett, Dr · Loughborough University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

11 Years

Max Age

14 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-18

Primary Completion

2022-07-13

Completion

2022-07-13

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations