Ji ting

Eng 104

March 23, 2020

Mapping out proposal

1. Research question: Whether skipping breakfast does cause obesity and a series of diseases?

2.Hypothesis: Yes, the more you skipping breakfast, the more likely you are to get sick.

3.List the five sources you'll be using in the proposal paper and a brief explanation of why they are the most important and applicable to introduce your topic.

(1) Ma, X.M. et al. (2020). Skipping breakfast is associated with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 14, 1. Retrieved from

http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=27&sid=2826478f-8e39-439b-9851-10f8f7225156%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=141731097&db=cin20

Many original studies showed that skipping breakfast had something to do with obesity, but the result of these studies were inconsistent. This article used meta-analysis to confirm that skipping breakfast led to overweight/obesity, which was convincing and proved that it was a universal result.

The paper helped me start my demonstration.

(2) Lazarou, C.& Matalas, A.L. (2015). Breakfast intake is associated with nutritional status, Mediterranean diet adherence, serum iron and fasting glucose: the CYFamilies study. Public Health Nutrition, 18, 7. Retrieved from http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=23&sid=84109fef-b545-4d9a-870d-2b5c1fdf8767%40sessionmgr4007&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=25287356&db=mnh

This article aimed at evaluating the relation between breakfast consumption practices and body composition profiles in 236 apparently healthy adolescents, which provided me an example to demonstrate.

(3) Science Daily. ( 2013, August 5). Eating a big breakfast fights obesity and disease.

Retrieved from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130805131011.htm

This article demonstrated why skipping breakfast could cause obesity and the benefits of having breakfast. It provided me the theory of how skipping breakfast causing obesity and help me demonstrate how breakfast functioned.

(4) K. Sharma, K. Shah, P. Brahmbhatt, & Y. Kandre. (2018). Skipping breakfast and the risk of coronary artery disease. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 111, 10. Retrieved from https://bsu.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search/document?ho=t&l=en&q=Skipping%20breakfast%20and%20the%20risk%20of%20coronary%20artery%20disease.&id=FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-12427-5008d7b3e3664be44f5a037b7a682887da1c9b12ae3aeef2b661170a1e7fd2042

This article aimed to compare the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in habitual 'breakfast skippers' with those of 'habitual breakfast eaters' in Western part of India. It confirmed that Habitual breakfast skippers are at increased risk for development of CAD and hypertension and provided me evidence.

(5) El Kabbaoui, M. et al. (2018). Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight and obesity among adolescents in Morocco. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 24, 6. Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=5&sid=16c7f500-123b-40ca-bfcc-ef473af67941%40pdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=30079946&db=mnh

This article aimed at finding the relation between breakfast skippers and BMI and the relation between breakfast, which could provide me more information to talk about skipping breakfast and obesity further.

4. Survey Questions: 

 (1) How many times do you eat breakfast a week？

 (2) Do you have the habit to eat breakfast?

 (3) If you know the bad effect of skipping breakfast, would you like to have more breakfast?

 (4) Do you think breakfast is important in your personal perspective?