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NH2: The school promotes the importance of students starting the day with a healthy breakfast, including participation in the School Breakfast Program.
Smart Reasons To Eat Breakfast …
- Fuels the body with nutrients. Your child may not make up nutrients missed at breakfast;
- Provides food energy for the morning’s active play;
- Gets your child ready to learn – at home, school, or day care. Kids learn better if they eat breakfast;
- Helps keep a healthy body weight;
- Breakfast helps control the urge to nibble or eat too big a lunch. Even with breakfast, young kids may need a small morning snack;
- Helps kids feel good. Children may get morning tummy aches if they miss breakfast. These aches are usually hunger pangs;
- Tastes good! Offer foods your child and family enjoy – even if they aren’t common for breakfast; and
Ways to Promote School Breakfast Program
- School Breakfast for First Class Learning Toolkit
- Start Smart - Do Breakfast Every Day
- School Breakfast: A Smart Way to Start the Day
Studies Supporting How Breakfast Supports Learning
- Bhattacharya, J.; Currie, J.; Haider, S; Evaluating the Impact of School Nutrition Programs: Final Report; E-FAN No. (EFAN04008) 48 pp, July 2004.
- Jacobson, J.; Briefel, R.; Gleason, P., Sullivan, R.; Designs for Measuring How the School Breakfast Program Affects Learning; E-FAN No.; (01-013) 153 pp, December 2001.
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