Skipping breakfast makes you FAT and STRESSED

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The Brekky Dash

·       45% of women working full-time skip breakfast

·       Half of women are turning to snacks to maintain energy levels throughout the day

·       One in three Queensland rely on a quick sugar fix

·       Half of all Queensland women report low energy levels on days they skip breakfast, while one in three suffers from nausea

The research found 16% of women from low-income households ate breakfast at work, whereas that number almost doubled to 30% for those from high-income households.   Work pressures were cited as a key reason for women skipping breakfast, with only 55% of full-time workers managing to squeeze in their morning meal each day.  Almost half of all women report low energy levels on days they skip breakfast, while a quarter suffer from nausea.

Mudjimba chiropractor Paul Lanthois said improving health and lifestyle was the key to create more time for yourself and improve business productivity.

“As a health professional, it astounds me why intelligent, educated people choose to skip doing the basic lifestyle things to improve or maintain their heat… all in the hallucination that it will save them time and that they are too busy,” Dr Lanthois said.

“This constant state of anxiety about how busy we are actually has shown to lower productivity by 13%.  Skipping breakfast also has massive health ramifications, setting tour body up for a range of health ailments and conditions like obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancers.”

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Sunshine Coast Sunday paper 25 August 2013-08-25