Diabetes study says it's best to eat your breakfast

Breakfast muffin
In this Sept. 10, 2010 photo, a Burnsville High School student carries a muffin and juice in Burnsville, Minn.
AP Photo/Pioneer Press, Jean Pieri

New research from the University of Minnesota has found that eating breakfast daily could help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Andrew Odegaard, who led the study for the university's School of Public Health, told the Star Tribune that the study did not examine the quality of breakfasts being eaten, but that he personally eats fruit and granola.

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