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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(.
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