Previous studies have shown that eating breakfast on time reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes in adults, but little is known about the effect of eating breakfast on time on the risk of diabetes in children. For this reason, Professor Angela S. Donin and her team from St. George’s School of Medicine, University of London, conducted a study to examine the relationship between breakfast frequency and intake and childhood risk indicators for type 2 diabetes, specifically insulin resistance and blood glucose, and cardiovascular disease. A total of 4116 UK elementary school children aged 9-10 years were included in the study. Breakfast meal frequency was provided by the subjects, body composition was measured, and fasting blood specimens were retained to measure lipids, serum insulin, glucose, and glycated hemoglobin. Of the 4116 children enrolled, 74% ate breakfast daily, 11% ate breakfast often, 9% ate breakfast occasionally, and 6% ate breakfast rarely. Fasting insulin, insulin resistance index, HbA1c, glucose and urate levels were significantly higher in children who rarely ate breakfast compared to those who ate breakfast every day, and these differences were not significantly affected by correcting for obesity status, socioeconomic status and physical activity level. 3, triglycerides, systolic blood pressure and C-reactive protein levels were significantly higher in children who rarely ate breakfast compared to those who ate breakfast every day, but the differences were not statistically significant after correcting for obesity status. 4. Children who ate high-fiber cereal for breakfast had significantly lower levels of insulin resistance than children who ate other types of breakfast. 5. The difference in nutritional intake between groups with different breakfast eating frequencies had no significant effect on the difference in type 2 diabetes indicators. This study suggests that children who ate breakfast (especially high-fiber cereal breakfast) every day had a significantly lower risk of type 2 diabetes.