Skipping breakfast might actually help you lose weight

'Eat breakfast like a king' is flawed advice, new study finds, write Tim Spector and Jeff Leach

Breakfast, we are told, is the most important meal of the day. Over the last 50 years, we have been bombarded with messages extolling the health benefits of processed cereals and porridge oats. We are told breakfast helps us reduce weight by speeding up our metabolism – this helps us avoid hunger pangs and overeating later in the day.