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Abstract
Breakfast is a significant dietary cause for energy regulation which helps us throughout the day. The breakfast provides us energy which plays a vital role in daily activities. Some studies observed that adult prolonged diseases such as diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis and heart disease can be prevented by the intake of breakfast. If we talk about university students regarding intake of breakfast is related with a huge range of optimistic outcomes which comprised of nutrient intake, better school attendance, fitness, appropriate body weight and academic performance. Moreover skipping breakfast has been linked with different hostile effects on intellectual or rational function which includes memory, psychological function, academic performance, school attendance and different mood swings among infants and adults. Breakfast skipping habit destroys the health of the person and disturbs the daily routine of the stomach which cause different problems in the daily routine work. 1.1 OBJECTIVES: (1) to know about the frequency of skipping breakfast habit in medical students of ANMC. (2) To find the associated factors (social problems, late night sleep, and non-availability of food, personality, old habits and mood among student). 1.2 INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1st year to 5th year MBBS students, who are admitted, registered in ANMC, regular and Pakistani national. 1.3 EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 1st year to 5th year MBBS students, who are not registered with ANMC and not Pakistani national. 1.4 METHODOLOGY: cross sectional and descriptive study using non- probability convenient sampling. 1.5 RESULTS: This study shows that breakfast skipping is more among males than in females and main reason of skipping breakfast is personal (intrinsic) than external.