Skipping Breakfast Causes Obesity? A Very Stupid Accusation
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Yesterday I heard another one of those media reports making accusations about who and what is causing the obesity epidemic. Now, the "experts" have found the reason. People skipping breakfast. They claim that people are skipping breakfast, which is causing them to eat more throughout the day, and thus, causing them to become obese. They cite that this is particularly a problem with middle school and high school students.
Being involved in fitness and health, I am aware of the health benefits of eating breakfast in the morning and having many small meals throughout the day, but stating that missing breakfast in the morning is causing the obesity epidemic is one of the stupidest reports I have heard in a while. That being said, I googled this lame blame on skipping breakfast to see if there are more idiots out there who think that people are obese due to missing breakfast. Sadly, I found lots of people in support of the idea. The only person who I found common ground with was an editor who suggested that someone who skips breakfast may tend to weight 2-3 pounds more than someone who doesn't. Note: weighing 2 - 3 lbs more than an average person is not the definition of obesity, so the media needs to stop throwing the term around so loosely.
Personally, I've skipped breakfast my entire life. I've even skipped breakfast when training to make my weight class for boxing and several other times in my life when I've been hardcore workout mode. Despite skipping breakfast (the supposed CAUSE of obesity), I've maintained a body fat percentage well below average my entire life thus far (knock on wood). It drives me nuts to hear idiot reporters (who usually don't look so healthy themselves) explaining how small habits are the cause of obesity. The cause of obesity is an obvious mix of several things, that are common sense and need no reporter to point them out to us. Eating fatty foods excessively, not exercising, and having bad genes cause obesity. Therefore, there's no single trick or gimmick to fixing the obesity epidemic, so feel free to skip breakfast.
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on 3/4/2008
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