- James Betts, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Metabolism and Statistics, University of Bath
- Read Time: 5 mins
In the middle of the last century, popular nutrition author Adelle Davis advised people to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. Her advice stuck. Recent examination of the merits of adults eating breakfast has raised the question of whether we should indeed eat like kings at breakfast or just skip it all together.