My partner and I usually have breakfast together at home, simple food that doesn't take a lot of time to prepare. We focus on healthy food that will sustain us until lunch time and, in his case, a mid-morning snack. We don't like to over eat at breakfast time using a not too little and not too much model as far as the meal goes.
We eat breakfast out now and then, it's a nice change, and quite often the meal is much tastier although a lot more in quantity than we would make for ourselves. You can see one such breakfast in the image, it was my partners meal which was far too much food for a breakfast sitting and about a third of it was left on the plate. It may sound wasteful but over eating isn't good for the health.
We were talking about the size of meals and how they have become larger over time and how, unsurprisingly, the rise in obesity, type two diabetes and other food related ailments have increased as well.
One of the points I raised revolved around value, what a person perceives as value when they eat out, and I think quantity is often the marker, the larger the meal the better value it is, and quality is less of a factor. This is probably dependent the financial ability of the person buying the food and it's widely reported that those from less fortunate financial positions eat far worse than those who have a greater financial means. It's quite sad that this is the case really as no matter who a person is they should be able to eat in a healthy manner.
It's a choice also; people make bad choices like eating at McDonalds and little by little their health declines even though it may not be apparent it's happening.
We choose to eat very well and make good choices around health, taste and enjoyment of food combined. We have treats also however we know the difference between sometimes food and every day food and have the discipline to eat accordingly and it's all in aid of our ongoing health. I think that's a key point to remember; sometimes food isn't the best thing to eat but can be enjoyable and we should be free to enjoy life, however life is short enough without accelerating towards a premature end through eating in unhealthy ways and failing to get adequate exercise.