Study: Skipping breakfast tied to early death

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Don't skip breakfast.

A new study finds it could increase your risk of heart-related death.
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Researchers at the University of Iowa studied 6,550 adults for 12 years.

They found those who never ate breakfast had an 87-percent higher risk of dying early from heart disease or stroke, compared with people who ate breakfast each day.
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Skipping breakfast has also been associated with increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The study was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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