Breakfast is the most important meal as it provides the energy and nutrients our body needs to start the day. By consuming food in the morning, your metabolic rate increases. This is the rate at which calories are burned. If you don't eat breakfast, your body doesn't process the next meal as quickly and tries to hold on to those nutrients, instead of burning them immediately. (The Kitchen)While it is essential for adults to eat breakfast every day to function optimally, breakfast is especially important for children. Children rely on food as their bodies grow and their brains develop. When children skip breakfast, they deprive their bodies of the nutrients and energy it needs. Going long periods without food potentially creates intellectual, physical and behavioral problems, such as lack of concentration and a bad attitude. Revitalizing your brain and body can minimize these problems. Studies show that children who skip breakfast are late and absent from school more often than children who eat breakfast daily. (webMD) In ​​an attempt to lose weight, people avoid breakfast, but this practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. The development of obesity is closely linked to missing breakfast. Studies show that overweight and obese adults and children are less likely to eat breakfast every morning than their slimmer counterparts. Weight loss may be increasingly difficult and weight gain more prevalent in people who don't eat breakfast and skip meals. Those who skip breakfast are inclined to consume more food than necessary in the next meal and to snack on high-calorie foods. People accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer meals and in larger quantities than when they eat the same number of c...... middle of paper ...... air. Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_grain. May 23, 2014.14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturated_fat. May 23, 2014.15. Everyday science. June 7, 2014. Trans fats. Everyday science. http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/t/trans_fat.htm. 7 June 2014.16. September 21, 2010. Pros and cons of sugar in the diet. Advanced physical medicine. http://www.advancedphysicalmedicine.org/blog/2010/09/21/182pros-and-cons-of-sugar-in-your-diet/. June 7, 2014.17. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002415.htm18. Ellen Topness. 6 Primary functions of proteins. Healthy eating. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/6-primary-functions-proteins-5372.html. June 7, 2014.19. L. Bellows and R. Moore. January 8, 2014. Sodium and diet. Colorado State University. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09354.html. June 7 2014.