prevalence of the skipping breakfast among the iranian students: a review article

Background: adolescence is an important period since the establishment of dietary pattern can also affect the adult-hood. this study aimed to estimate the overall prevalence of skipping breakfast among iranian students. methods: the international and national databases, including medline, scopus, science direct, embase, web of sciences, google scholar, magiran, and sid were searched 1945-2016 as per case. all studies addressing the prevalence of skipping breakfast among iranian students were extracted. results: out of 322 records, 24 articles remained for meta-analysis. the total pooled prevalence of skipping the breakfast was 0.216 (95% ci: 0.213-0.22), the girls had a higher percentage for skipping breakfast compared with boys (26% vs. 18%). conclusion: skipping breakfast is more prevalent in girls. interventions are required to promote breakfast consumption in the targeted iranian students, especially the girls.