"Breakfast has long gotten a good rap for everything from aiding weight loss to improving focus in the classroom."

"And ever since the Alameda County study in California back in the 1960s linked breakfast — along with a host of other habits — to a longer lifespan, there's been a societal push towards breaking the fast."

"'It's such a simple lifestyle change that people can make,' says researcher Eric Rimm of the Harvard School of Public Health."

"Rimm is the co-author of fresh research that links yet another significant benefit to eating a morning meal: reducing the risk of heart attack."