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By Merill Haseen
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AS OUR lives get busier and busier, and we have more and more to do, it seems that we're not getting our priorities quite right. In an effort to squeeze a little extra time into the day, lots of us are giving up breakfast.
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A survey for supermarket chain Sainsbury's shows that nearly 70% of people questioned regularly missed out on a meal. The reason 59% of these respondents gave They simply didn't have time to eat.
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The worst culprits are aged 16 to 24-years-old - 87% of this age group said they missed out on at least one meal a day.
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Breakfast is the meal most people skip. However, this is a particularly important one. According to Colette Kelly, a nutrition scientist for the British Nutrition Foundation, 'The body needs glucose first thing in the morning after fasting through the night, particularly the brain, which needs it to concentrate.
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'Studies show that a child that has eaten breakfast performs better throughout the day at school than a child that has not.'
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Gill Fine, Sainsbury's nutritionist, said that this habit of skipping meals is becoming a growing concern. 'When we get hungry, because of missing a meal, we are more likely to binge on high-fat or high-sugar snacks.
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'Establishing a healthy eating and fitness regime at a young age offers long term health benefits,' she says. 'And remember, old habits die hard.'