It's advice that tends to get drummed into us from an early age: "Eat your breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day".
Yet many of us just can't face food when we first get out of bed. Or, we're too rushed to get out of the house, so we simply don't bother.
But is it OK to skip breakfast, so long as you get a couple of decent meals later in the day?
Dietitian Kerry Leech says all of us should eat a healthy breakfast every day. But as a meal, it is no more important than lunch or dinner.
You need to eat breakfast because it 'breaks your fast'. When you wake up in the morning, it's generally been eight to 12 hours since your last meal. And even though you've been sleeping, you've still been burning energy, Leech says.