Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies

First author	Population	Design	Age, years	Number	Time of follow-up	Method of dietary assessment	Measurement of cereal consumption	Industry funding	Outcomes
Gibson [16]	Britain	cross-sectional	10–15	2,705		7-day weighed intakes	4 categories of consumption	Kellogg's	mean BMI*, energy intakes
McNulty [19]	Northern Ireland	cross-sectional	12–15	1,015		diet history	4 categories of consumption	Kellogg's	mean BMI, energy intakes
Ortega [20]	Spain	cross-sectional	9–13	200		7-day food record	obese and non- obese consumption	Danone	cereal consumption
Albertson [13]	USA	cross-sectional	4–12	603		14-day food diaries	3 categories of consumption	General Mills	mean BMI, % overweight, energy intakes
Gibson [5]	Britain	cross-sectional	4–18	1,688		7-day weighed intakes	4 categories of consumption	Kellogg's	mean BMI*, energy intakes
Barton [28]	USA	prospective	9–10	2,379	10 years	yearly 3-day food records	4 categories of consumption	General Mills	BMI z-scores, OR for overweight
Kafatos [17]	Greece	cross-sectional	14–16	392		24-hour recall + frequency of RTEC consumption	3 categories of consumption	Kellogg's	mean BMI, energy intakes
Kosti [18]	Greece	cross-sectional	12–17	2,008		semi-quantitative FFQ	6 categories of consumption	Cereal partners	mean BMI, OR for overweight
Panagiotakos [21]	Greece	cross-sectional	10–12	700		semi-quantitative FFQ	RTEC breakfast consumers vs. other breakfast		OR for overweight
Rosado [24]	Mexico	intervention	6–12	147	12 weeks	diet not assessed	3 intervention groups + control	Kellogg's	mean BMI
Williams [22]	USA, African- American	cross-sectional	1–12	1,389		24-hour recall	RTEC breakfast consumers vs. breakfast skippers	Kellogg's	mean BMI, BMI for age z score, % obese, energy intakes
Albertson[23]	USA	prospective	8–10	660	7.5 years	3 24-hour recalls each visit	4 categories of consumption	General Mills	mean BMI, BMI z score, energy intakes
Deshmukh- Taskar [15]	USA	cross-sectional	9–18	9,659		24-hour recall	RTEC breakfast consumers vs. breakfast skippers	Kellogg's	mean BMI**, BMI z score, % obese, energy intakes
Albertson [14]	USA	cross-sectional	6–18	9,660		24-hour recall	4 categories of consumption	General Mills

^*Original data re-analysed by author (SG);

^**Data on Mean BMI supplied by author