Updated 22 January 2003, 10.14

I always have to have breakfast otherwise I end up hungry through the middle of a lesson. I still make time even though I have to be out by 7:50am to catch my bus.

I hate breakfast! On a school day it feels too early and there's not really enough time, but even though I really don't like any of the breakfasty type foods, I always eat something on a school day coz I know if I don't I won't have enough energy to last the morning! I never eat on a weekend though, probably coz I know that if I do get hungry there will always be some food in the next room!

I barely have any time for breakfast as my bus comes at 6:45am! If I do have toast, I have to eat it on the bus.

All I have in the morning is an orange or a piece of toast on my way to school. Last year I never ate breakfast until the point where in my physical education class I fainted because I had not eaten any breakfast.

I don't usually have enough time I think it would be better if school started later.

No way! I love having cereal, it gives me the energy to walk to the school bus stop.

I never eat breakfast because I have to be out the house ready for school by 8:10.

I always have a breakfast in the morning. Most days it is just a bacon barm. But at the weekend it is the full English. Bacon, sausage, egg, toast and beans. YUM

Once I skipped breakfast and I took a Maths test and it all went wrong. The next day my teacher said I should take it again tomorrow. I ate breakfast the next day and got full marks! Breakfast really helps. You should have it!

I have breakfast on school days but not on weekends. I think that breakfast cereals etc are a lot more attractive and a wider range in America and I think if England was more like America more people would eat breakfast

I always eat breakfast, usually just a Pop Tart. It tastes like a piece of cardboard but that's okay!

Every morning I have to get up early to go to school. When it gets to 11 o'clock I'm still hungry even if I've had breakfast. So now I don't bother.

I sometimes eat an apple or a piece of fruit, but normally I never have any time to eat breakfast before I go to school.

I just take a piece of toast with me on the way to school, but I hate breakfast - it makes me feel SICK!

I only tend to eat breakfast on days I have boring lessons before break at school, as when I'm bored I get hungry, but if I'm not bored, I'm fine.

I can't understand why nobody at my school eats breakfast! It's yummy and is the most important meal of the day. I normally have a bowl of cereal or a bagel but on weekends I LOVE bacon sarnies!

I couldn't go to school without having breakfast food. If I had the time I would have a fry-up, but I generally have a bowl of cereal and a slice of toast. If I don't have breakfast, I'm never motivated to work at school.

I don't like having breakfast in the morning as it's too early, and later on I can't eat something cos we are not allowed to eat on the school bus.

You should eat your breakfast. It is the most important meal of the day. You can't get energy from nothing and you might end up fainting

Though I don't always want it, my mum always makes me eat brekkie and when I get 2 school I appreciate it.

When I come down on a morning all I want to do is watch tv. I can't really be bothered to eat toast or something. My mum has made me promise her that I'll eat at least a slice of toast a day now.

Us kids have to get up so early, we have to get dressed, wash and then eat our breakfast. There's not a lot of time!

I never really feel like breakfast but I always eat something because I know I'll be hungry later!

I hate breakfast but my mum makes me eat it. It makes me feel really queasy that early in the morning.

I always have breakfast- cereal and toast on a school day and bacon butties,egg and sometimes even waffles as an addition or a large cooked meal- yummy!

I never feel like breakfast because I have to get up so early (groan) but my mum forces me to eat it because she knows it is the most important meal and it's yummy in the end!

Breakfast is very important as it gives you the energy to pull your self through second period maths. Some of my friends don't have breakfast and are really tired by the time break comes.

I love cooked brekkie in bed on weekends! I usually only have cereals and fruit on school days, though, as I don't have the time to have a cooked one! They're lovely, though!

I never have breakfast. In the morning I just can't eat anything. If I do I feel really sick. But I have to say, since I stopped having it I'm not as energetic.

I think that it is terrible that some kids don't eat breakfast and some go to school eating unhealthy snacks like crisps, chocolate, chewingum etc.

I don't have time but there is a breakfast bar at school which is a great hit for kids who want breakfast.

School in my town starts at 7:40am! So I have nothing but toaster snacks in the morning... And that's not much!

I hate breakfast, but my mum makes me eat it!! I don't like many 'breakfasty' foods, so it is really difficult trying to find something to eat.

I think eating breakfast is really important. I always eat breakfast: Toast, eggs, and Orange Juice. Very rarely, I don't have time. On those days, I just grab toast and walk out the door. Occasionally, on the days where I have ABSOLUTELY no time, when I am at school, I spend more time thinking about what is for lunch, and how hungry I am than concentrating on my studies. I used to never eat breakfast, and when I didn't and was at school, I felt a feeling like an empty pit was in my stomach. So eat breakfast!

I always eat breakfast, but not 'coz I like it. My mum is a nurse, so she's obsessed with health! But even if my mum didn't make me eat it, I'd eat it anyway!

If I try to eat around 7-9 in the morning, I end up feeling sick. That's the reason I don't eat in the morning. Why get the day off to a bad start?

Because school (groan) starts so bloomin' early I never get the chance to have breakfast, so by break I'm so hungry I eat half my lunch. At lunch I only have a little bit of food so when I get home I'm starving and pig out! No wonder I'm getting so fat!

On a school day I have toast, but if my friend knocks for me early then I have a cereal bar. Sometimes on a weekend my dad treats us all to a FULL FRIED BREKKIE, yum yum! My mum also says that you should always have breakfast otherwise in school/work you can't concentrate, because you haven't kick started your system.

I'd starve if I skipped breakfast. It gives me energy when I get out of bed and lasts until breaktime.

I don't have anything sometimes, as I don't have time. It's well stupid going to school at 8:15 - its far too early!

I hardly ever eat breakfast - I just don't have the time! I eat a huge brunch at weekends though!

I skip breakfast every day but that's 'cos I never feel hungry at that time in the morning, and I'm a veggie so I don't eat bacon and stuff and I don't like cereal!

I eat breakfast, but not every day. Last year I ate almost nothing because I didn't have time, but I was VERY thin.

I always eat a massive breakfast - bacon, sausage, egg and all the rest! I love it!

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