People view skipping lunch or breakfast as a feasible choice as long as their health is not affected.

I haven't had breakfast in like 15 years, unless you count a cup of black coffee.

Lunch is free at my office, so I tend to only eat that.

Dinner I probably eat 2-3 times a week since going out with friends isn't really feasible these days anymore.

Not doing it explicitly to save money, mostly I just am not active enough to need that many calories. The savings are a nice plus though.

the problem we have to address is the reason for the skipping of meals.

 He was commenting on the results of a survey that showed 30% of workers skip lunch a few times a week to try and save money on living expenses.

If people are skipping meals for health or lifestyle reasons that's one thing. What is going on here is that they are skipping meals for reasons of poverty, which is unacceptable in Japan, where the politicians dine on our dime while their constituents who vote them in have to skip meals to make ends meet. That's the conversation we should be having.

I usually don't eat breakfast as I never did as a kid. I eat lunch and need a big dinner to keep my insomnia in check.

Well, when I’m dead one day, I’ll be forced to skip everything anyway and that for a quite a very long time… So why should I already skip now anything? But you, please feel free to skip all the good things already now, that’s not forbidden, of course not. lol

I usually opt for brunch, it saves washing up twice.

The quotation deals with skipping lunch, not breakfast, and there is no reason why it cannot be done if a good breakfast is eaten, and dinner doesn't follow too incredibly late.

Well if you prioritoze economics, not eating anything would be optimal. But if you want to maintain your health, eating breakfast has long been pointed out by nutritionists as being critical.

Seem conflicted? Nutritionists agree energy intake from breakfast has a beneficial effect on immediate recall in short-term memory.

“*I never eat breakfast and feel better for it. … Maybe yoghurt …. or something, at most.*” -

In the short term this may be true; the long term effects however may not be so benign. Also failure to eat will impact on their capacity to work and their productivity.