Eating breakfast may help teens stay slim, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
Researchers surveyed 2,216 students in middle school and high school in 1998, and again five years later. Teens that did not eat breakfast were five pounds heavier, exercised less, and made more unhealthy food choices throughout the day than those who ate breakfast regularly. More boys than girls skipped breakfast - 19 percent compared to 14 percent.
This study appears in the journal
Pediatrics.
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