[ravenstine]

The saddest part of that is that I heard that phrase not through overt advertising but from school.

I remember a handful of occasions in elementary school where they had someone come in and teach kids about nutrition, and the one lady told us that breakfast is the most important meal because we need to start off our day with "lots of energy". These lessons included the food pyramid, which is bad science to start with.

As kids, we were being fed corporate propaganda through government sanctioned education, and sadly I don't think the students or any of the adults at the time realized it.

[robodale]

The Simpsons have parodied corporate-sponsored education for years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR_4h5A5z_A&t=1s

[jrs235]

>told us that breakfast is the most important meal because we need to start off our day with "lots of energy"

No wonder elementary kids can't sit still then and are diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)!