They're less depressed, less stressed, and even smarter than people who skip breakfast. Thanks to funding from the cereal industry, especially Kellogg, studies have reported quite a list of benefits from eating breakfast. Some are just silly. For example, it's quite a leap to assume that cereal caused cereal-eaters to score higher on reading tests or to report better mental health. There are clearly sociodemographic factors at work.
Some breakfasts are a heckuva lot better than others.
They ate the most saturated fat and the least fiber. People who ate cereals or fruit ate the least saturated fat. J. Food Sci.