By Ronnie Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters Health) \u2013 Teenagers who didn\u2019t eat a good breakfast were more likely to be obese and have elevated blood sugar in middle age, a new study shows. Researchers at Umea University in Sweden found that teens who reported eating no breakfast or only sweets were two-thirds more likely to develop a cluster of risk factors linked to heart disease and diabetes when they were in their 40s than their peers who ate more substantial morning meals. \u201cIt may be that eating breakfast aids in keeping to a healthier diet the rest of the day,\u201d the study\u2019s lead author, Maria Wennberg, told Reuters Health in an email. Kids who miss breakfast experience hunger surges and tend to overeat later in the day, Dr. David Ludwig, a pediatrics and nutrition researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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