Missing breakfast has been shown to raise cholesterol levels in a small study at the University of Nottingham.

The study also found that women tend to eat more calories during the day if they had skipped breakfast, with implications for weight gain if they continued to skip breakfast over the long term.

Ten healthy women of normal weight were asked to eat breakfast before 8 am for two weeks followed by normal mealtimes. They were later asked to eat breakfast at midday for two weeks. Cholesterol levels were found to be higher after skipping breakfast.

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