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# Low type 2 diabetes mellitus risk linked to high fiber cereal breakfast
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/low_type_2_diabetes_mellitus_0903140837/
- Published: 2014-09-03T09:36:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T15:45:01.000Z
- Description: Among 4,116 UK children aged 9 to 10, those who skipped breakfast had higher fasting insulin, insulin resistance, HbA1c, glucose and urate than daily breakfast eaters, and high-fibre cereal eaters had the lowest insulin resistance. The authors say trials are still needed.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Wednesday Sep 3, 2014 (foodconsumer.org) - Regularly eating breakfast particularly high fiber cereals may help prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus in children, according to a study recently published in in PLoS Medicine.

The study led by Scientists at St George's University of London in London, United Kingdom and other universities showed that breakfast consumption was associated with reduced risk markers for type 2 diabetes mellitus, particularly insulin resistance and glycaemia.

Enrolled in the cross-sectional study were 4,116 UK primary school children aged 9 to 10 years. Breakfast consumption was surveyed and blood samples were tested to measure blood lipids, insulin, glucose, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). 

As a result, graded associations between breakfast frequency and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk markers were observed. Children who did not eat breakfast often tended to have higher fasting insulin, insulin resistance, HbA1c, glucose, and urate than those who had breakfast daily.

These associations were not affected by adiposity, socioeconomic status, and physical activity. When triglyceride, systolic blood pressure and C-reactive protein were adjusted for adiposity, the associations became insignificant.

Children who ate a high fiber cereal breakfast tended to have lower insulin resistance than those who consumed other types of breakfast. Nutrient intakes were not associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus markers.

The study concluded "Children who ate breakfast daily, particularly a high fibre cereal breakfast, had a more favourable type 2 diabetes risk profile." 

The authors cautioned "Trials are needed to quantify the protective effect of breakfast on emerging type 2 diabetes risk."

Low consumption of carbohydrates and high intake of fat have been associated in previous studies with elevated risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus. (David Liu, PHD)

Donin AS, Nightingale CM, Owen CG, Rudnicka AR, Perkin MR, Jebb SA, Stephen AM, Sattar N, Cook DG, Whincup PH., Regular Breakfast Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Markers in 9- to 10-Year-Old Children in the Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE): A Cross-Sectional Analysis. PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 2;11(9):e1001703.

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