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Health Hazard: Skipping Breakfast

If you’re prone to skipping breakfast, you might want to reconsider that choice as a new Harvard study shows that avoiding breakfast many increase your chance of heart disease. The research showed that older men who skip breakfast have a 27 percent higher risk of suffering a heart attack or developing heart disease that those who eat breakfast. The researchers analyzed eating and lifestyle data from 27,000 health professionals dating back to 1992/Judy Oehling, Q13Fox.com. More here. (AP Business Wire file photo)

Question: Do you eat breakfast?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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