Interesting facts about Breakfast

• The word breakfast is a compound of "break" and "fast", referring to the conclusion of fasting since the previous day's last meal.
• Coffee is the most common breakfast beverage. In the United States, 65% of coffee drunk during the day is with breakfast.
• Nutritional experts have referred to breakfast as the most important meal of the day, citing studies that find that people who skip breakfast are disproportionately likely to have problems with concentration, metabolism, and weight.
• The earliest appearance in print of the idea that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" occurs in the novella Metamorphosis, published in 1915 by Franz Kafka, which includes the line, "for Gregor's father, breakfast was the most important meal of the day".
• Overweight people tend to skip breakfast.
• The Spanish word for "breakfast", "desayuno", means "de-fast", breaking the fast.
• Breakfast like a King, lunch like a Prince and dinner like a Pauper.
• Cultures around the world commonly shun or restrict alcoholic beverages at breakfast.
• One third of adults will have bacon and egg for breakfast at the weekend.
• The serving of a pancake breakfast is traditional on Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday), and some celebrate a festive breakfast on Christmas morning.
• Studies have show that children who eat breakfast perform better at school than those who skip breakfast.