Why skipping breakfast is a bad idea - ARTICLE

LoosingMyLast15

since i never posted links to articles hopefully i'm not breaking any rules. interesting article in forbes magazine:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2013/07/23/why-is-skipping-breakfast-so-bad-for-our-heart-health/

Also including the link to the original study:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/128/4/337.abstract?sid=6c59e2d9-c6a9-44be-bd09-79d7ec32595b

the study was conducted on men but still it validates why eating breakfast is important.

LolBroScience

"The men who skipped breakfast were more likely to be single, smokers, employed full-time, to drink more alcohol, were younger, and were less likely to be physically active than people who ate breakfast. Controlling for a slew of these and other risk factor for heart disease – like alcohol consumption, smoking history, body mass index, regular doctor visits, quality of diet, TV watching, activity level, and sleep habits – did reduce the link between skipping breakfast and heart disease, but didn’t obliterate it. The number of times per day the men ate wasn’t linked to heart risk."

From the article.

Doesn't prove much considering all of the external factors such as lack of exercise, frequent smoking, and drinking etc.

K_Serz

Doesn't prove much considering all of the external factors such as lack of exercise, frequent smoking, and drinking etc.

Agreed. I feel that many "Articles" like to interpret findings of a study in their own way in order to create a headline to sell more magazines.

caly_man

some people actually dont skip breakfast, they just have it around noon

Crochetluvr

My doctor believes that you shouldn't skip meals but eat constantly throughout the day to keep you metabolism running at peak.

That's his theory....don't shoot the messenger. :laugh:

jonnythan

Prospective cohort study does not establish or even suggest causation. This is a study that establishes weak correlation between breakfast eating and CHD. Major limitations include a limited number of corrective factors and limited consideration of confounders, and the correlation could be explained by a number of other factors or confounders.

tmpecus78

nonsense!

AJ_G

There is already a thread based on this article. The general consensus after reading the published study is that this is a simple correlation study, and the self reporting of subjects brings accuracy into question. Here are a few important quotes from the published paper.

Men who reported that they ate late at night were more likely to smoke, to sleep <7 hours a night, or to have baseline hypertension compared with men who did not eat late at night. The late-night eating abstainers were more likely to be married and to work full time...

When we further adjusted for potential mediators of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, the association between late-night eating and CHD risk was attenuated.

Participants who did not report eating breakfast were younger than those who did and were more likely to be smokers, to work full time, to be unmarried, to be less physically active, and to drink more alcohol

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It's pretty clear that other factors caused the non breakfast eating group and the late night eating group to have heart problems.

Here's the link to the original thread about this article:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1053408-i-disagree-with-this-article-but-wanted-to-share

morticia16

I spent my entire life not eating breakfast, skipping meals etc.... which in the end meant I had no control over how much and when I eat. Granted, my fault entirely. And it led me to here. I introduced regular meals that I try not to skip, breakfast included. I actually feel better. Way better. And hungrier, lol. And as a bonus (no suffering) I also lost weight.

tmpecus78

I spent my entire life not eating breakfast, skipping meals etc.... which in the end meant I had no control over how much and when I eat. Granted, my fault entirely. And it led me to here. I introduced regular meals that I try not to skip, breakfast included. I actually feel better. Way better. And hungrier, lol. And as a bonus (no suffering) I also lost weight.

You always had full control, you just chose not to eat at those times.

Yanicka1

The sky is blue, bluberries are blue.....so the sky is a giant blueberry.

LoosingMyLast15

There is already a thread based on this article. The general consensus after reading the published study is that this is a simple correlation study, and the self reporting of subjects brings accuracy into question. Here are a few important quotes from the published paper.

Men who reported that they ate late at night were more likely to smoke, to sleep <7 hours a night, or to have baseline hypertension compared with men who did not eat late at night. The late-night eating abstainers were more likely to be married and to work full time...

When we further adjusted for potential mediators of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia, the association between late-night eating and CHD risk was attenuated.

Participants who did not report eating breakfast were younger than those who did and were more likely to be smokers, to work full time, to be unmarried, to be less physically active, and to drink more alcohol

It's pretty clear that other factors caused the non breakfast eating group and the late night eating group to have heart problems.

Here's the link to the original thread about this article:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1053408-i-disagree-with-this-article-but-wanted-to-share
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i confess i didn't read the full study. damn here i was thinking i was the first to see the article and post about it. :blushing: :bigsmile: