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Kids and breakfast

(NC)—Did you know that breakfast is the most commonly skipped meal among kids and adolescents?

A number of Canadian studies show a trend in breakfast skipping as children get older. Based on research at Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, about 5% of young school children skip breakfast. Another study found that by grade 4, an average of 24% of students miss the morning meal, and this number sharply rises to 41% for eighth graders. During the teen years, breakfast skipping becomes a bad habit. Data from Ontario show that over 51% of secondary school boys and almost 64% of secondary school girls don't eat breakfast on a daily basis.