Skipping Breakfast Raises Depression Risk by 83%.

In 2025, J. Tan and a team reviewed 12 observational studies from databases like PubMed and Embase up to September 2024. They analyzed how skipping breakfast affects depression risk, using data from various groups and checking study quality with a standard tool.

People who skipped breakfast were 83% more likely to have depression compared to those who ate breakfast regularly. The link was consistent, but results varied due to differences in gender, study size, and cultural food habits, making some findings less certain.

Eat a balanced breakfast daily to potentially lower your depression risk.