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PICO
Question: Among adolescents, are poor breakfast habits, compared with nutritious choices, associated with metabolic syndrome in adulthood?
Question type: Prognosis
Study design: Prospective cohort
Investigators from the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine in Umea, Sweden conducted a study to assess whether poor breakfast habits in adolescence are associated with metabolic syndrome in adulthood. Participants were enrolled in the Northern Swedish Cohort, a longitudinal population-based cohort, and were assessed when they were 16 and 43 years old. At age 16, participants completed questionnaires about breakfast contents from that day. Questions included “What did you have for breakfast this morning?” with food items divided into 7 food groups. “Poor breakfast habits” were defined as skipping breakfast or only …
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