According to a survey conducted released today by egg producer Sunny Queen Farms, 56 per cent of working mums and dads leave home at least one day a week without a morning meal while 21 per cent skip even a slice of toast perhaps three days a week or more.
It was the young who have the poorest breakfast habits with 66 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds opting out of brekkie compared to just 45 per cent of workers aged 50 plus.
The survey also found that the most popular takeaway breakfast food was an egg and bacon roll however a “typical” egg and bacon roll often contains as much as 3144 kilojoules including 50 grams of fat, the entire daily fat allowance.
Australian Dietary Guidelines suggest skipping breakfast is associated with an increased risk of obesity.
