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I don't know about you but I always skipped breakfast until I learned that people who eat it lose more weight.  Now that looks as outdated as eating only grapefruit, or cabbage or carrots for a week.  According to a new study , although there may be some association, there's no conclusive proof on whether "eating vs. skipping breakfast affects weight," newswise.com reports. Many experts recommend eating a "nutrient-dense breakfast to promote calorie balance and weight management, since not eating breakfast has been associated with excess body weight," the Web site adds. "A team led by David Allison, Ph.D., associate dean for science in the UAB School of Public Health, said that studies designed to find links between two things, like breakfast habits and obesity, often do not prove that one causes the other." “We specifically found that research articles tended to . . . ignore evidence that did not support the proposed effect of breakfast ...

And now we have depressed mothers to blame! According to a story at nytimes.com, "Mothers who report symptoms of depression are more likely to display obesity-promoting practices and have children who are overweight or obese than mothers who say they are not depressed, according to a new study ." As if we don't blame ourselves for enough.  But mothers who rated themselves as being moderately or severely depressed were 2.5 times more likely to have 5-year-olds who were overweight, or even obese, Hope Reeves, reports. These children were far more likely than other children to not eat breakfast and drink sweetened beverages.  I've learned from Weight Watchers (and a few commercials) that eating breakfast can help you lose weight, because if you don't -- or maybe I should say if I don't -- I eat all day to make up for it. Another reason for their children to be overweight?  The depressed mothers were less likely to supervise what and how much food the...