By Helen Figueira
October 17, 2012
Time to read: 1 minutes
Skipping breakfast primes brain to seek high-calorie food, study finds
Brain scans show people who miss meal respond more positively tounhealthy foods than those who have eaten
We are all told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – and now neuroscientists are starting to understand why. Skipping the first meal of the day not only means you eat more at lunch, research has found, but also means your brain is primed to seek out unhealthier, higher-calorie foods.