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Sabrina Doan

Is it really that bad to skip breakfast? Here’s what the science says.

Main Idea

• Breakfast is may not be as important as marketed, as there is no hard evidence of

causation.

!acts

1. Myth of importance stemmed from studies funded by breakfast cerea" creators2. #here have been fe$ observationa" studies that simp"y cannot imp"y causation.

%. &uaker 'ats funded a study desi(n pertainin( to the effects of breakfast and

$orked on the study desi(n. #his imp"ies bias.

). #here has been an observationa" study that sho$s an association bet$een a hi(her 

 body mass inde* or hi(her rates of i""nesses and skippin( breakfast, but there may

have been other "urkin( variab"es.. + study by David +""ison sho$s that there is no si(nificant effect on $ei(ht "oss

due to the presence or absence or breakfast in a persons "ife.

#hou(hts

• More contro""ed, randomi-ed, e*perimenta" desi(ns must be preformed before

formin( any "ink bet$een hea"th and breakfast.

• 'bservationa" studies shou"dnt be used $hen tryin( to find a cause and effect.

• ast observationa" studies have been confoundin(.