Recently, a study has con firmed what I"ve long known in my heart: two breakfasts are better than none. The research on the effect of breakfast on weight gain was done on school children But for adults, in theory, two breakfasts are also better than none.
Researchers from Yale and the University of Connecticut followed 600 middle-school students as they developed from fifth to seventh grade, nothing their weight and if they had zerobreakfast, breakfast either at home or at school, or breakfast in both places They found that weight gain among second-breakfast eaters was no different from the average gain seen amongall students. Children who didn t eat breakfast, or ate it only sometimes, were more likely to be overweight than double-breakfasters It should be noted that only about one in ten children inthe study ate two breakfasts.
The study wasn"t designed to figure out why this might be true, but the researchers have some theories: that people who don t eat breakfast (or any meal) might overeat later in the day.and that as people become obese, they tend to reduce calories (热量) by having no breakfast
Yes. school breakfasts are more like a healthy snack (零食）than a full meal, and growingteens can eat a large amount of food But if you re still not eating breakfast because you think it glves you more colories, you are not only mistaken, but you are also missing out one of life"s greatpleasures
3. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?
AAbout 90% of the children in the study had two breakfasts a day
BAbout 90% of the children in the study had one breakfast a day
CAbout 10% of the children in the study had two breakfasts a day
DAbout 10% of the children in the study had no breakfast at all
