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July 6, 2025 – Eating breakfast can improve concentration, memory, and academic performance in children. It may also help regulate metabolism and support healthy weight management. “Breakfast skipping is associated with elevated depressive symptoms in young people, with impaired attentional control being an important mechanism in this relationship.
Encouraging young people to build regular breakfast habits may be incorporated as part of future lifestyle interventions for mental disorders and be further emphasized in public health policies,” the study authors concluded.
The study sheds light on the links between breakfast-related habits and mental health. However, it should be noted that the reported associations were all very weak and detectable only because the sample was very large. Additionally, the study was exclusively conducted on residents of Hong Kong. Results on other cultural groups may differ.
