不吃早餐会影响儿童营养素摄入

Children who do not maintain a regular habit of having breakfast may not be consuming the daily amounts of key nutrients for growth and development, according to a study released Thursday by King’s College London (KCL).

伦敦国王学院（KCL）周四公布的一项研究显示，那些未养成吃早餐习惯的孩子可能不会摄入成长发育所需的营养成分。

The study led by researchers at KCL looked at food diaries collected for a previous survey from a group of 802 children aged 4 to 10 years and 884 children aged 11 to 18 years in Britain.

由KCL的研究人员领导的研究，调查了以往一项研究中的儿童食谱记录，包括了英国802名4?10岁儿童和884名11?18岁孩子。

Breakfast was considered in this study as having consumed over 100 calories between 6:00 and 9:00 in the morning.

在这项研究中，早餐被认为是在早晨6:00到9:00之间提供了超过100卡路里的身体消耗的热量。

The team found that children who ate breakfast every day had higher daily intakes of key nutrients such as folate, calcium, iron, and iodine than children who skipped breakfast.

研究小组发现，每天吃早餐的儿童比不吃早餐的儿童摄入的关键营养素如叶酸，钙，铁和碘的摄入量更高。

For example, 31.5 percent of those who skipped breakfast did not meet even the lower nutrient intake of iron recommended by the British government, compared to only 4.4 percent of children who ate breakfast.

例如，不吃早餐的儿童中有31.5%甚至没有达到英国政府推荐的铁质营养摄入量最低水平，相比之下，吃早餐的儿童中4.4%就轻松达到了这个水平。

Meanwhile, the study also showed that in younger children (4 and 10 years old), on days when they ate, they had higher intakes of folate, calcium, vitamin C and iodine compared to their breakfast-skipping days.

与此同时，研究还表明，在年龄较小的儿童中（4岁和10岁），在吃早饭的那段时间里，他们的叶酸，钙，维生素C和碘摄入量要明显高于不吃早餐的日子。

This study provides evidence that breakfast is key for parents to ensure that their children are getting the nutrition they need, said senior author of the study Dr. Gerda Pot.

资深研究者Gerda Pot博士说：“这项研究提供的证据表明，早餐是家长确保孩子获得所需营养的关键。”

The study has been published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

《英国营养学期刊》发表了这项研究。