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Generations of Americans have been brought{{U}}
{{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}to believe that a good breakfast is
important for health. Eating breakfast at the{{U}} {{U}} 2
{{/U}} {{/U}}of the day, we have all been {{U}} {{U}} 3
{{/U}} {{/U}},is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car{{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}starting a trip. But for many
people the thought of food first in the morning is by{{U}} {{U}} 5
{{/U}} {{/U}}pleasures. So {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}all the
efforts, they still take no{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Between
1978 and 1983, the latest years for which figures are{{U}} {{U}} 8
{{/U}} {{/U}}, the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased
{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}33 percent—from 8.8 million to 11.7
million {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the Chinese-based Market
Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of
{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}about not having breakfast,
{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}, there is some good news. Several
studies in the last few years {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}that,
for adults especially, there may be nothing{{U}} {{U}} 14
{{/U}} {{/U}}with omitting breakfast. "Going {{U}} {{U}} 15
{{/U}} {{/U}}breakfast does not affect {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}}
{{/U}}"Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth
College in London, {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}does giving
people breakfast improve performance. {{U}} {{U}}
18 {{/U}} {{/U}}evidence relating breakfast to better health or
{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}performances is surprisingly
inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not {{U}}
{{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}"The literature," says one researcher, Dr.
Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, "is poor."