Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 16, 2026

Breakfast Habits among Schoolchildren in the City of Uruguaiana, Brazil
Published on: July 29, 2020
[Food choice and place of eating for Quebec children]
Marie Marquis1, Jessica Wright
1Université de Montréal.
Purpose:
The relationships are explored between food choices of school-aged children and eating in the bedroom, while watching television, or in front of the computer.
Methods:
Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire that 534 subjects completed in class. Participants were ten- to 12-year-old children from Québec.
Results:
Significant positive correlations were found between the act of eating in the bedroom and eating in front of the television or the computer (p<0.05). Significant positive correlations were also found between eating in the bedroom, or eating in front of the television or the computer, and the consumption of low-density food, foods high in sugar and fat, and foods low in fibre (p<0.05). Data also revealed more negative food habits for boys than for girls (p<0.05).
Conclusions:
Because of the prevalence of childhood obesity, these findings support the need to document children's food consumption patterns and gender differences.
Related Concept Videos
Sources of Food Contamination
Parentral Nutrition: Centeral and Peripheral Parental Nutrition
PN can be administered through two primary routes:
1. Central Parenteral Nutrition (CPN):
CPN involves delivering a high concentration of nutrients through a large vein. This is typically achieved using a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) or,...
Optimal Foraging
Self-Schemas
Dietary Connections
Taste Buds and Receptors

