What do Italians Eat for Breakfast?

I was interested in what Italians eat for breakfast because I've been going heavy on breakfast and lunch and scrimping on dinner lately. Most Italian food is essentially healthy (when it's authentic, and not the cheese-laden stuff we think of as Italian here. Don't get me wrong; Italian-American food is wonderful in its own right.) So I did searches of my favorite sites, and, finding little, did some Internet searching. I ran across this thread: What do Italians Eat for Breakfast?.

So it sounds like it's primarily something sweet with coffee, which doesn't suit me. What does interest me about this thread is the fear of appearing to support some sort of stereotype or referring to people unused to a small breakfast being chastised as "ugly Americans". I don't know if this is a microcosm or just an unfortunate mix of strange people....