Essay 1-02a:Breakfast

I will talk about breakfast. According to our survey, 93.8% of our subjects eat breakfast while 6.2% do not. Whether to eat breakfast or not seems to be affected by what time one may get up. The majority of those who eat breakfast get up between 6 and 7 o'clock while it is between 7 and 8 o'clock among non-eaters. Those who eat breakfast tend to eat supper between 7 and 8 o'clock in the evening while those skip breakfast tend to eat late between 9 and 10 o'clock at night. Time to get up and time to eat breakfast indicate different different daily life patterns.

However, the differences do not stop there.
Skipping breakfast is a contributing factor to obesity and stress. A research conducted by A. Clark at Kellog between 1988 and 1994 showed lower BMI among those eat breakfast. Further, the research also indicated particularly lower BMI among those east meat and eggs for breakfast.

In our current society where obesity has become a major health issue, these results suggest ways to reduce BMI and thus obesity. Skipping breakfast leads to increased amount of lunch and supper or sweets for snacks resulting in excessive energy intake. Also, longer period of empty stomach encourages our bodies to absorb more nutrients. Food gorging can also heighten blood sugar levels and, if continued, lead to diabetes.

Night owls should change their life styles by getting up and going to bed early. In order to switch the morning life style, supper should be finished before 9 in the evening and no more food intake should be allowed thereafter. Low fat items should be the main part of breakfast. For those who cannot eat sufficient quantity, diary products such as milk and yoghurt or vegetable juice may be a good start and gradually move to banana, toast, cornflakes, rice balls, boiled eggs all of which take longer to digest. Stay away from too much "sweets" such as Danish pastry.

Once you have gotten in the habit of eating breakfast, nutritional balance should be fine-tuned by adding Natto, grilled fish, boiled vegetable to the basic rice and miso soup(vegetable and tofu are highly recommended). Breakfast plays a very important role. Once stomach starts functioning, our bodies become aware that it is time to get moving. (382 words)