Breakfast is the most important meal because 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 your next meal as quickly and tries to conserve those nutrients, instead of burning them off immediately. (The kitchen) While it is essential for adults to eat breakfast every day in order to function optimally, breakfast is especially important for children. Children depend on food as their bodies grow and their brains develop. When children skip breakfast, they deprive their body of the nutrients and energy it needs. Going long periods without food can create intellectual, physical and behavioral problems, such as poor concentration and a poor attitude. Revitalizing the 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 lead to weight gain than weight loss. The development of obesity is closely linked to the lack of breakfast. Studies show that overweight and obese adults and children are less likely to eat breakfast each morning than their thinner counterparts. Weight loss may be increasingly difficult and weight gain more common in people who skip breakfast and skip meals. Those who skip breakfast tend to consume more food than necessary at their next meal and snack on high-calorie foods. People accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer meals and larger meals than when they eat the same number of c...... middle of paper ......ary. Springfield, Mass.: 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. Daily Science. June 7, 2014. Trans fat. Daily Science. http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/t/trans_fat.htm. June 7, 2014.16. September 21, 2010. Benefits and harms of sugar in your 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 food. 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.