The Ghana Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has noted the recent public discussion around the statement, “Skip breakfast if you want to lose weight.” We wish to provide an evidence-based perspective to guide the public. Current scientific evidence does not support a blanket recommendation that people who want to lose weight should routinely skip breakfast. Research examining breakfast and weight management has produced mixed findings. Some short-term intervention studies have found that people assigned to skip breakfast consumed fewer calories and experienced a small reduction in body weight compared with those assigned to eat breakfast. However, the differences in weight