date:May 11, 2012
search, which has reported that 21% of 8- and 9-year-olds and 42% of 12- and 13-year-olds skip breakfast throughout the week.
In this latest study, nine in ten (91%) of the children reported snacking at least once per day, and many children have greater control over the foods they consume as snacks than those they eat at mealtimes, they wrote.