A Comparative Study of Breakfast Consumption among Inner Mongolia Medical Students in 2011 and 2013

Abstract

The study aim was to explore changes in breakfast consumption between 2011 and 2013 at the Inner Mongolia Medical University, China. We conducted a census of the students who resided on campus at the Inner Mongolia Medical University in 2013. Current study was based on our previous study in 2011. We compare the breakfast prevalence among all students resided on campus in 2011 and 2013. The students who participated in both the 2011 and 2013 censuses were involved in self-matching and we researched the changes in the students' breakfast status in those 2 years. Overall breakfast consumption was at 70.4% in 2013, which is slightly lower than it was in 2011. The self-matching students had a decreased prevalence in 2013 compared to 2011. Considering the lower breakfast prevalence in the 2013, targeted policies and interventions should be developed for the student population in the Inner Mongolia area of China.