The plural form of breakfast, referring to multiple morning meals or the act of eating morning meals.
From Middle English, literally meaning to 'break' the 'fast' of the night. The compound word emerged in the 15th century, combining the concept of ending the overnight period without food.
The idea that breakfast is 'the most important meal of the day' was largely popularized by cereal companies in the early 1900s as a marketing strategy. Different cultures have vastly different breakfast traditions - from Japanese rice and fish to Mexican huevos rancheros.
Breakfast preparation was uncompensated women's labor in the family structure; diet advice and 'breakfast culture' often targeted women's bodies with shame-based marketing.
Use factually; avoid gendered language implying women should take primary responsibility for family breakfast nutrition.
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