{"id":123258,"date":"2021-04-30T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=123258"},"modified":"2021-04-30T11:10:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:10:22","slug":"one-in-four-adult-brits-skip-breakfast-because-theyre-too-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/one-in-four-adult-brits-skip-breakfast-because-theyre-too-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"One-in-four adult Brits skip breakfast ‘because they’re too busy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quarter of adults skip breakfast at least four times a week \u2013 because they are too busy or have nothing \u2018appealing\u2019 to eat.<\/p>\n

A study of 2,000 adults found 15 per cent claim they simply don\u2019t have time to sit down and eat the first meal of the day.<\/p>\n

And more than one in 10 (13 per cent) get caught up in \u2018other things\u2019.<\/p>\n

But 14 per cent skip the meal because they have nothing in the cupboards that they feel like eating.<\/p>\n

It also emerged even those who do attempt to start the day the right way might not be fuelling up adequately.<\/p>\n

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The study commissioned by McDonald\u2019s UK found 74 per cent consider a single slice of toast to be \u2018sufficient\u2019.<\/p>\n

Others make do with a cup of tea (42 per cent) or coffee (44 per cent) to get them ready for the day ahead.<\/p>\n

Despite this, 55 per cent consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day, while 73 per cent enjoy it – rather than see it as simply a necessity.<\/p>\n

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But 28 per cent rarely have what they really want for breakfast.<\/p>\n

It also emerged those who skip breakfast only last until an average of 10:26am before they start to feel tired.<\/p>\n

And 22 per cent get less done at work and to a lesser standard when they\u2019ve had nothing to eat first thing.<\/p>\n

But 45 per cent would be less likely to go without if they could get breakfast delivered to their home or place of work.<\/p>\n

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