{"id":7126,"date":"2022-08-24T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2022-08-23T22:42:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:42:14","slug":"forgoing-breakfast-is-trending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2022\/08\/24\/forgoing-breakfast-is-trending\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Forgoing<\/i>\u00a0Breakfast Is Trending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; 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header_6_font_size_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>FORGOING<\/em>\u00a0BREAKFAST IS TRENDING<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>..and the <em>foregoing<\/em> headline is misleading<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>K<\/span>ellogg, the manufacturer of Froot Loops, Special K and Rice Krispies, says its cereal division &#8220;has stalled as more people forgo breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What?!! People are skipping breakfast, the most self-important meal of the day?! (In addition: that&#8217;s how you spell &#8220;forgoing&#8221;?)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Kitchen Confidential&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;95%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;26.8px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The Break of Dawn<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>How can we face doing our jobs, which entail sitting at our desks, issuing stern memoranda or lying on the telephone all day without the fortification of bacon, eggs, hash-browns, toast and orange juice each weekday morning?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How do we face discussing the lawn with our garden consultants on the weekend unless we start the day with waffles, pancakes or French toast, Jimmy Dean sausage and a Bloody Mary?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the humanity! What has happened to Affluent White America?<\/p>\n<p>The shocking news comes from a very small item in a recent issue of The Economist, the weekly magazine that\u2019s always far more interesting than its name would suggest. (I guess The CPA, The Accountant and The Bean Counter were taken. Given the chance, I&#8217;d have named it The Abacus, for its old-timey feel.)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Since the item was short and devoid of either attribution or news sources, we have no clear idea of why, first thing in the morning, people are eschewing chewing. Knowing how you depend on The Goldman State for 98 percent of your news 2 percent of the time,\u00a0\u00a0I decided to enlist the aid of this column&#8217;s chief researcher, Sopwith Dhatt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dhatt learned his trade pretending to be a Pakistani-based Help Desk staffer for whenever one&#8217;s computer doesn&#8217;t work no matter how many times one switches it off then on. A transcript of our Zoom call follows.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>THE GOLDMAN STATE: Good morning, Sopwith! I see you&#8217;re having breakfast. Would you like me to call back?<\/p>\n<p>SOPWITH DHATT: Not at all, my very good friend. (<em>Bites into what appears to be either an Egg McMuffin or a runny sponge)<\/em> You are\u2014?<\/p>\n<p>TGS: Your client. The Goldman State.<\/p>\n<p>SD: And how is the weather on your side of the pond, my very good friend?<\/p>\n<p>TGS: Would you cut that out?! You&#8217;re in your office, about a mile from mine.<\/p>\n<p>SD: No, I am in Paki&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.7&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>TGS: I can see the Arby&#8217;s sign through your window. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s an Arby&#8217;s in your country. \u2014 Look, Supwith, I need to know what you found out about why millennials, Gens X, Y and Z, and members of the LGBT community are no longer into breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>SD: That is a lot of initials and acronyms, my very good&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>TGS (<em>Holds up to the camera a check clearly made out to Supwith Dhatt<\/em>): This will go into the mail the moment you provide your findings.<\/p>\n<p>SD: (<em>Switching tones from Colonialism Mock-Courtesy to Hard-Nosed-I&#8217;m-So-Much-Smarter-Than-You tech-speak<\/em>): Affirmatory. Here are the data, with a two- or three-percent margin of error. They derive from a cross-sectional population-level study of the prevalence of breakfast skipping among children and adolescents&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>TGS: Hey, now we&#8217;re getting some&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>SD: Silence, Puny Earthling. (<em>Reading<\/em>)&#8221;Participants were grade 4\u201312 students,\u00a0\u00a08\u201318\u2009years old, in South Australian government public schools who took part in the 2019 Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. The prevalence of breakfast skipping never, sometimes, often, or always was calculated for the overall sample and stratified by gender, school grade, socioeconomic status and geographical remoteness. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine the relative risk ratio of sometimes, often, and always skippers compared with never skippers, according to demographic characteristics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>TGS: Maybe this is a little too weedy for my readers. And me.<\/p>\n<p>SD: &#8220;Overall, 55 percent of students reported never skipping breakfast, 17.4 percent reported sometimes skipping, 18 percent reported often skipping, and 9.5 percent reported always skipping breakfast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TGS: My, look at the time. I&#8217;ve gotta&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>SD: &#8220;Skipping breakfast was more prevalent among females, students in senior grades, and those living in socioeconomically disadvantaged and regional and remote areas. Analyses disaggregated by gender revealed that grade level gradients in breakfast skipping were more marked among females compared to males.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TGS: Uh&#8230;could you send me this link? I might&#8217;ve missed&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/amazon_glow2.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Looking for a Great Gift?&#8221; title_text=&#8221;amazon_glow2&#8243; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ag7u9a&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;2981&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>SD:\u00a0\u00a0Go online to <a href=\"https:\/\/bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/<\/a>) And now, please have the common decency to let me finish.<\/p>\n<p>TGS: I sincerely apolo&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>SD: &#8220;Breakfast skipping among children and adolescents appears considerably more prevalent than previous research suggests. Drivers of breakfast skipping across population sub-groups need to be explored to better inform strategies to promote breakfast consumption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Well, when I finally got Sopwith to hit the LEAVE button on the Zoom screen I realized all this talk had made me hungry. But not for breakfast. The statistics had made everything sound so unappetizing. And in that moment it dawned on me that I had a consultant on my payroll who was a cereal killer.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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We encourage all organizations to support learning at all levels of our community. <\/p>\n<p>Golden Pacific Bank, a division of SoFi Bank, N.A. is a longtime proud sponsor of local deserving non-profits.  In fact, in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, we were awarded the coveted Corporate Citizenship Award for championing community service in the greater Sacramento communities.  <\/p>\n<p>We believe in and support education. In fact, SoFi Bank is one of the largest lenders to students in the nation\u2014and remains committed to helping students \u201cGet Their Money Right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A local public nonprofit that Golden Pacific supports is \u201cThe Dominguez Dream,\u201d an organization that \u201cis committed to empowering children in underserved communities to achieve their full potential through Literacy and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics).\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>According to its website, \u201cThe Dominguez Dream collaborates with elementary schools to provide literacy and STEAM programs to 3,500 students in 11 schools and aims to bridge the educational achievement gap by providing a positive and lasting impact on students, parents, educators, schools and the surrounding community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another great organization we enthusiastically support is the Sacramento Philharmonic &#038; Opera\u2019s (SP&#038;O\u2019s) Educational and Community Outreach program.  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