breakfast...the most unhealthiest meal of the day..

Maybe it's the junk people are putting into their systems for breakfast? Pop tarts, strudels, coffee and pastries, hashbrowns, overloaded omelets, etc? Curious, did the study go into depth on what people were actually eating?

Regardless, I agree. Eat when you're hungry and don't when you're not. Mindless/forceful eating is a great way to put on weight quickly.

Check my food diary and tell me my brekkies aren't (mostly) healthy. It's all about choices, baby.

Except weekends. They often include bacon.

Not sure what the point of this post was...

It's just as easy to eat a healthy breakfast as it is to eat an unhealthy one, just like any other meal. The fact that you just stated that eating breakfast is a direct cause of obesity is absurd.

I dont think obesity and eating breakfast are directly linked - as in stop eating breakfast and you wont be fat - obviously eating 5 burgers for breakfast is not a good idea - but something sensible like 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with low fat topping or fruit and yogurt or bowl of non sugared cereal is fine.

Not eating breakfast does lead to concentration lags during the morning and for some people mid morning binges.

People like diabetics on medication must eat breakfast to avoid hypos.



I dont think your theory is very sound.

why not? Everyone says that breakfast is the most "healthiest meal" of the day. But most of the people eating breakfast are obese. You know who is selling that breakfast is the healthiest meal line...the companies that are selling you breakfast - Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc...so OF COURSE they want you to think breakfast is healthy so you will keep buying their crap....

This is so idiotic.

I dont think obesity and eating breakfast are directly linked - as in stop eating breakfast and you wont be fat - obviously eating 5 burgers for breakfast is not a good idea - but something sensible like 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with low fat topping or fruit and yogurt or bowl of non sugared cereal is fine.

Not eating breakfast does lead to concentration lags during the morning and for some people mid morning binges.

People like diabetics on medication must eat breakfast to avoid hypos.



I dont think your theory is very sound.

why not? Everyone says that breakfast is the most "healthiest meal" of the day. But most of the people eating breakfast are obese. You know who is selling that breakfast is the healthiest meal line...the companies that are selling you breakfast - Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc...so OF COURSE they want you to think breakfast is healthy so you will keep buying their crap....

Definitely agree with this as well. Lots of sugary cereals/quick breakfast options that come out of boxes or come frozen. Looking at the nutrition labels on those boxes, like 190 + cals sometimes for 3/4 c of cereal and measuring isn't always a standard, it's about filling up the bowl a lot of the time. Then depending on the kind of milk, calorie content in that. Before you know it, 400-500, breakfast cereal alone. When you go out, the caloric content on most breakfast combinations is pretty high with the exception of some things on the "lighter" side of the menu.

No.

I'm hangry when I wake up. That's why I eat breakfast. My body is telling me it wants food, so I oblige it. For the sake of humanity. You're all very welcome.

How does this make sense. Less than half the people in the US eat breakfast yet you are blaming breakfast for people being obese. So if 80% of people eat dinner then it must be dinners fault that people are obese. Lets cut dinner out then. Would go more towards your logic.

I don't see how these stats relate to each other at all. 2/3rds of Americans are obese because they eat like crap
and stuff their faces with burgers and sweets and processed foods, not because they eat breakfast.

You can have a full and hearty breakfast for less than 200 calories. Have some oatmeal and some fruit,
and you're good to go. It's all about making the right decisions, and not whether you have breakfast or not.

And by the way - breakfast and/or brunch are dearly loved by Europeans, and the obesity issue,
I believe, is not as bad as it is in the States.

Also...if 67% are obese, then 33% are NOT obese...so possibly, of the 44% who eat breakfast, all of those but 11% are NOT obese...that would leave 56% of the population NOT eating breakfast, and they are obese...so your figures support *eating* breakfast. Of course, I'm sure the numbers don't work out to be that absolute...but still...I think eating a healthy breakfast is a very good idea...the key words, of course, being "healthy breakfast"...not all you can eat at IHOP...

A year ago you couldn't force me to eat breakfast. Now I eat it every single day, whether it's an apple or a bowl of oatmeal. It absolutely keeps me from being ravenous come lunch. I'm also diabetic, so if I don't eat it I reap the consequences.

I agree with the idea that one should eat when they're hungry, but to relate obesity with eating breakfast is silly. It depends on the person's lifestyle and what exactly they're eating.

I dont think obesity and eating breakfast are directly linked - as in stop eating breakfast and you wont be fat - obviously eating 5 burgers for breakfast is not a good idea - but something sensible like 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with low fat topping or fruit and yogurt or bowl of non sugared cereal is fine.

Not eating breakfast does lead to concentration lags during the morning and for some people mid morning binges.

People like diabetics on medication must eat breakfast to avoid hypos.



I dont think your theory is very sound.

why not? Everyone says that breakfast is the most "healthiest meal" of the day. But most of the people eating breakfast are obese. You know who is selling that breakfast is the healthiest meal line...the companies that are selling you breakfast - Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc...so OF COURSE they want you to think breakfast is healthy so you will keep buying their crap....

I dont think 'breakfast is the healthiest meal of the day' message is a conspiracy - many nutiritionists and dieticains recomend this too and parents are certainly encouraged to give children breakfast, some schools even have breakfast programs for disadvantaged children

I dont think your theory is sound as there is no evidence linking your two facts - ie correlation does not equal causation.

I dont agree that most of the people eating breakfast are obese - many people, including most children, eat breakfast and most of them are not obese. I know some very slim people that eat breakfast every day.

You could just as easily say most obese people eat dinner - therefore eating dinner is bad.

Or another unlinked but true statement - more people worldwide who wear shoes are obese than those who dont wear shoes - therefore wearing shoes leads to obesity - or does it??

My boyfriend is steadily losing weight while skipping breakfast (he's never hungry when he wakes up, and if he eats he says it just makes him really hungry during the entire morning, so he just has coffee). When our diet consisted of mac&cheese, spaghetti carbonara, and other extremely fattening things, he was steadily gaining weight, while skipping breakfast.

It's calories in vs. calories out. It doesn't matter what time you eat, it matters that you eat and do not fast for long periods of time. If eating breakfast and many smaller meals means you control your intake better, eat breakfast. If eating breakfast just makes you hungry the entire day (which happens to be my case), skip breakfast.