Abstract:

The objective of this research was to determine the habits of having breakfast of the second level of primary school students at different socioeconomic levels. The research has been conducted among the 561 adolescents of whom 277 are girls, 284 are boys between 12-15 ages and attend to 6 different primary schools at different socio-economic levels in the center of Konya. In this research in which scanning model was used, in addition to anthropometric measurements, questionnaire form was also used. SPSS 13.0 packet program was used for necessary statistical analysis on data. Arithmetic averages were taken where necessary. It is required to get generations who will form the future of the society to understand the importance of breakfast in nutrition to start a day willingly, to carry on the activities in a convenient way, to take part in teaching-learning process effectively and to grow up and develop healthy. Also, it is offered to increase the nutrition lessons in school curriculums and tell the importance of breakfast to the students by different activities in the schools

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