Breakfast, lunch and dinner: Have we always eaten them?

[Evil Eye]

People are repeatedly told the hallowed family dinner around a table is in decline and the UK is not the only country experiencing such change.



The case for breakfast, missed by many with deleterious effects, is that it makes us more alert, helps keep us trim and improves children's work and behaviour at school.



But when people worry that breaking with the traditional three meals a day is harmful, are they right about the traditional part? Have people always eaten in that pattern?

Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243692





Spoiler: No