Skipping breakfast makes people more likely to have health problems like too much belly fat, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar.
Scientific Claim
Skipping breakfast is associated with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and its components, including abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia.
Original Statement
“There was just a study in 2025 in nutrients that is linking skipping breakfast with metabolic syndrome. The exact thing we are trying to beat and overcome with skipping breakfast in the first place.”
Context Details
Domain
nutrition
Population
human
Subject
Skipping breakfast
Action
is associated with
Target
increased risk of metabolic syndrome and its components
Intervention Details
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (3)
Association of Skipping Breakfast with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
This big study looked at many smaller studies and found that people who skip breakfast are more likely to have health problems like belly fat, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar — all signs of metabolic syndrome.
This big study in Japan found that people who skip breakfast are more likely to have metabolic syndrome — meaning they’re more likely to have belly fat, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar.
Technical explanation
This paper directly links skipping breakfast to a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a large general population sample, specifically measuring the full cluster of components (abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia), which aligns precisely with the assertion.
Students who skip breakfast tend to have more belly fat, which is one of the main warning signs of metabolic syndrome — so skipping breakfast may be helping fat build up around the waist.
Technical explanation
This study directly connects skipping breakfast with increased abdominal adiposity (high waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio) in young adults, which is a core component of metabolic syndrome, and finds this association in both sexes, strongly supporting the assertion.