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Breakfast Facts

  • Would you try to drive your car without gas in it? Your child's body is much the same. It does not run well without food for energy. Start the day with breakfast.
  • To save time in the morning, set out breakfast cereal, bread, dishes and silverware the night before.
  • Easy-to-eat choices, such as a granola bar or slice of reheated pizza, can help children avoid skipping breakfast and keep their energy levels.
  • Studies have shown that children who eat breakfast usually have a longer attention span, do better on tests and are happier.
  • A healthy breakfast menu can be simple and easy to prepare such as one cup of whole grain cereal with skim milk and a glass of 100% fruit juice.
  • Why breakfast? Kids feel less tired in the morning, focus and learn better in school and have fewer behavior problems.
  • When making your grocery shopping list, make sure to stock up on breakfast items.
  • Help your child get organized the night before so that he/she has time to eat breakfast the next morning.
  • Show your children that breakfast is too important to be skipped. Start a healthy breakfast habit together.
  • Help your child build a healthy lifestyle habit. Eat breakfast daily.
  • Studies confirm that children who eat breakfast perform better in school.
  • How about taking breakfast along to eat on the way to school or day care?
  • Help your child build a healthy lifestyle habit. Eat breakfast daily.
  • Studies confirm that children who eat breakfast perform better in school.
  • How about taking breakfast along to eat on the way to school or day care?
  • If you have a breakfast skipper in your home, try instilling new habits by offering quick and nutritious choices.
  • Breakfast can make a difference in how much your child learns, how well your child plays, and how good your child feels.
  • Like throwing a log on a dying fire, breakfast stokes the brain after a long night without fuel.
  • Kids who eat breakfast are less likely to be overweight.
  • Parents can create a positive attitude toward breakfast by showing children how much they enjoy a morning meal.
  • Research confirms that children who eat nutritious morning meals generally work faster, behave better, are more creative, and make fewer mistakes than breakfast skippers.
  • Keep the breakfast menu simple but provide enough choices to please everyone's taste.
  • Eat breakfast with your kids. Make sure fruit/juice is included in the meal.

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