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Obesity problem as well. I know some people don't like to hear it, but breakfasts can easily go 800 calories and up. You are starting off the day in surplus.

• joelrunyon 10y ago
  And an insulin spike.
• alatkins 10y ago
  > You are starting off the day in surplus. Generally breakfast comes after a 10-12 hour fast for most people, so I don't think this is the way to think of it.
  • Aelinsaar 10y ago
    Fasting, while accurate, is kind of deceptive too, since most of those hours are spent asleep. Very few people burn of their previous day's intake by the time they've woken up, or even close to it.
  • dpweb 10y ago
    True, I think a good policy is to eat when you're hungry. Not sure the body was necessarily meant to be constantly processing food all the time anyway.
    • alatkins 10y ago
      Totally agree, and also breakfast is the 'easiest' meal to skip as well, along with mooted benefits of extending your overnight fast.
  • bluthru 10y ago
    I would be shocked if most people in our obese country don't eat after dinner.
• to3m 10y ago
  If it's 33% of your meals then 33% of your kcal isn't an unreasonable place to start ;) I'd be surprised to hear that this is common, though. I was actually going to suggest that for this supposed most important meal of the day, the options for breakfast are not very substantial. I have a bowl of cereal (2 x weetabix + semi-skimmed milk) - all of 150kcal. Add a cup of tea and it still won't be past 175kcal. Suppose I have to get up early for whatever reason and treat myself to an extra weetabix to make up for it - 250kcal. This seems to be enough for me (suggesting that perhaps breakfast's importance is indeed overblown - not that I'd like to go without it), but it's not very much. I ate a slice of quiche for lunch today that was more than that.
  • sn0v 10y ago
    A lot of people on the go tend to grab donuts, bagels and the like which can add up to a lot more.