The findings showed that 26.7 per cent of people who skipped breakfast were obese compared with 10.9 per cent of those who ate it frequently the Xinhua reported. Infrequent breakfast consumption is associated with indices of central obesity and weight gain with these associations being more evident in individuals who never eat breakfast said researchers lead by Kevin Smith from Mayo Clinic in the US. Besides those who never ate breakfast self-reported the greatest weight gain over the past year. Read: Weight loss tip: Have a heavy breakfast. For the study the team traced the breakfast habits of 347 people