According to the results of an Australian study, 12 % of the sample
skipped breakfast; gender was the only statistical significant
sociodemographic variable, with females skipping at over three times the
rate of males. (Shaw, 1998). "Skippers were more likely to be dissatisfied
with their body shape and to have been on a diet to lose weight than those
who ate breakfast. In a follow-up telephone survey, the reasons given for
skipping were almost exclusively lack of time and not being hungry in the
morning." (Shaw, 1998).