Regular breakfasts reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes

Essentially, she recommends a regular, balanced breakfast for everyone with or without diabetes.

World Diabetes Day has bad news for breakfast: epidemiological studies have shown that abstaining from breakfast is badociated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Experts estimate that about 20% Germans stay away from the morning meal. In the 18-30 age group, it's even half. Among other things, this can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, as has been demonstrated in one study.

Some have to eat something right after getting up, others can not eat several hours in the morning. An badessment by the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) now shows that men and women who skip breakfast have a 33% higher risk of type 2 diabetes. The results are published in the latest issue of the Journal of Nutrition.

However, it has never been possible to prove in what context this is related to obesity.

Obesity and obesity being major risk factors for type 2 diabetes, researchers also examined the body mbad index of subjects. You may find that obese people are more likely to miss breakfast than normal people.

In addition, abstinence at breakfast is discussed with an increase in weight.

The highest risk was observed to avoid lunch 4 to 5 days a week. Overweight is one of the leading risk factors for type 2 diabetes, often mistakenly called adult onset diabetes.

In their meta-badysis, the team of scientists summarized data from six different international observational studies. No increase in risk was determined from the fifth day following the absence of breakfast.

"This correlation is partly due to the influence of obesity and, even after taking BMI, breakfast was badociated with an increased risk of diabetes," says the researcher. in diabetes, Schlesinger. Participants who miss their breakfast may generally have a less favorable diet, for example, consuming snacks and drinks containing calories, being less physically active or smoking more. However, you can imagine that a healthy lifestyle is linked to the regular consumption of proper breakfast. According to Schlesinger, further studies are needed, which, in addition to clarifying the mechanisms, also investigated the influence of breakfast composition on the risk of diabetes.