Among its findings was the fact that students who shared a main meal with their families were less likely to skip school.

研究发现，与家人共进主餐的学生逃学的可能性更小。

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When you skip a meal, you may be slowing down your body's metabolism — thus, making your body require fewer calories and converting extra calories to fat.

当你少吃一餐时，你身体的新陈代谢将会变慢——这就意味着你身体需要的卡路里总数将降低，那么额外的卡路里就会转换成脂肪。

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Skip once. Skip twice and you find yourself neglecting to eat a healthy meal almost everyday.

不吃第一次，不吃第二次，这样，你就会发现，几乎每一天你都忘记了吃一顿营养的早餐。

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And Pam, that has to raise the question - you say, well, you know, maybe a family, an adult has to skip a meal.

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