PEOPLE who skip breakfast and snack on sugary and fatty foods could be fuelling Britain's rising obesity rates.
A new survey by Cancer Research UK into the nation's breakfast habits discovered that 30 per cent of people in Yorkshire miss breakfast – the first and most important meal of the day – at least twice a week. The survey, commissioned to raise awarenes
s of the charity's annual Britain's Biggest Breakfast initiative, also showed that 73 per cent of people questioned in Yorkshire and the Humber admitted to snacking, with fatty and sugary foods such as crisps, biscuits, cakes and sweets keeping mid-morning hunger at bay.
Professor Jane Wardle, director of Cancer Research UK's health behaviour research centre, said: "There is still widespread ignorance that being overweight increases the risk of a number of cancers. We know obesity rates are rising in the UK and research has shown the trend begins early in life.
"Children who are overweight or obese are likely to grow into obese adults whose risk of cancer and other diseases is increased. This survey reflects the worrying trend that too many young people miss breakfast, only to resort to sugary and fatty snacks when they
get hungry."
The full article contains 205 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
