Yes, many studies do suggest that skipping breakfast is bad for health.

Skipping breakfast increases risk of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart diseases.

A recent Guardian article provides a different view point and suggests that it may not be harmful to skip breakfast if you do not overindulge during lunch or later in the day with unhealthy food. There is some evidence to suggest that people who skip breakfast as part of planned dieting may benefit from it. The evidence is still evolving though.

People often skip breakfast because they are rushing from home to work; These people who are under lot of stress and juggling too many things in life, tend to eat unhealthily later in the day.

Many people do not have enough energy to continue fasting until Lunch. So skipping breakfast is not a good option for many.

The best thing would be to eat a healthy but light breakfast that keeps one going at work until lunch break.

References

1. Skipping breakfast is associated with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2. Breakfast Skipping, Body Composition, and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

3. Association of Skipping Breakfast With Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality.

4. Impact of breakfast skipping compared with dinner skipping on regulation of energy balance and metabolic risk.

5. Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis.

6. Breakfast skipping and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

7. Associations of Skipping Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner with Weight Gain and Overweight/Obesity in University Students: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

8. Association between Breakfast Skipping and Body Weight-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Longitudinal Studies.

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