No breakfast ‘increases heart-attack risk in middle-aged men’

The old adage about breakfast being the most important meal of the day might be right as a study has found skipping breakfast increases the risk of middle-aged men suffering heart attacks by more than a quarter.

Researchers in the US analysed diet and lifestyle data on 26,902 male health professionals aged 45 and over.

Over a period of 16 years, men who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27% greater risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease than those who did not.