Generations of Americans have been brought【C1】______to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the【C2】______of the day, we have ail been【C3】______, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car【C4】______starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by【C5】______pleasure. So【C6】______ail the efforts, they still take no【C7】______. Between 1978 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are【C8】______, the number of people who didn't have breakfast increased【C9】______33 percent — from 8. 8 million to 11. 7 million【C10】______the Chinese — based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of【C11】______about not having breakfast,【C12】______there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years【C13】______that, for adults especially, there may be nothing【C14】______with omitting breakfast. 'Going【C15】______breakfast does not affect【C16】______'Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London,【C17】______does giving people breakfast improve performance. 【C18】______evidence relating breakfast to better health or【C19】______performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not【C20】______'The literature, ' says one researcher, Dr. Emesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, 'is poor. ' 【C1】