[GaryCrow]

It's a good idea to skip breakfast, just not for the reasons cited. The idea of a big breakfast was foisted on us by the processed food industry who wanted to sell sugary cereal and it's a big part of why Americans are so fat. People in countries with slimmer populations usually eat very little for breakfast, or nothing at all.

The idea that it's the most important meal of the day is BS pushed by big ag, the typical American breakfast isn't healthy.

[roadcat]

The idea of a big breakfast was foisted on us by the processed food industry who wanted to sell sugary cereal and it's a big part of why Americans are so fat.

Yes. This is what I have read, from years ago. Despite some who say big breakfast was always around. All it takes is a couple generations and people think the status quo has always been around, and the old status quo is forgotten. Processed food industry foisted this idea of big breakfast upon the American public in order to sell breakfast cereals. Not only that, but sugary foods and drinks that have made Americans fat.