MANY ADOLESCENTS ARE SKIPPING BREAKFAST.

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Just 69% of eighth-graders eat at least three meals per day, according to a study of more than 1,500 adolescents conducted by researchers at the New England Medical Center, National Institutes of Health, and other locations. The students were a nationally representative sample drawn from 96 public schools in the San Diego, New Orleans, Minneapolis, and Austin, Tex., areas. Twenty percent of the adolescents said they eat just two meals, with breakfast the most...