Not exact matches
Eating breakfast can
also help children with concentration and performance at
school.
My go - to
school year
breakfast is
also grab and go — a hard boiled egg and banana I can
eat at my desk while I set up my room in the morning!
We
also feed kids who are responsible for getting themselves to
school and appreciate a warm meal, as well as kids who just enjoy
eating breakfast with their friends.
I've been meaning to share with you this recent U.S. News & World Report piece by Chef Ann Cooper, in which she expresses concern over the high amounts of sugar kids can consume at
school (see also my Civil Eats piece, «Why There Is So Much Sugar in Your Kid's School Breakfast «
school (see
also my Civil
Eats piece, «Why There Is So Much Sugar in Your Kid's
School Breakfast «
School Breakfast «-RRB-.
For more information on sugary
school breakfast and how to address the matter in your district, be sure to read my Civil
Eats piece and
also listen to my recent interview on the topic at Sally Kuzemchak and Dina Rose's The Happy Bite podcast.
«Studies show that students who
eat breakfast at
school also have a better attendance rate and tend to behave better,» said Scott Wolfe Food Service Director, at Southern.
Fewer than half of students who
eat free - and reduced - price lunches
also take advantage of the
School Breakfast Program.
The researchers
also compared sugary ready - to -
eat cereal to oatmeal and found oatmeal's nutritional advantage (more nourishing whole food meal) made it a better choice at improving brain power and encouraging better test scores.1 Additional stats show higher test grades and better
school attendance in
breakfast eaters than in non-
breakfast eaters too.2 Bottom line: to excel in whatever we do, whether it be
school, work, play or relationships, we need
breakfast to be at the top of our mental game.
However, we are
also able to cross-reference that inference with context: how does the student usually respond to lessons, what is going on at home, what are you noticing in the general social dynamics of the classroom, did they get in an argument with their best friend this morning, did they
eat breakfast, did they sleep well, was a new video game released yesterday, is it particularly humid in the building today, what's going on in the general
school culture right now, has this student been taking tests all day, are elements like depression or anxiety potentially relevant, or is it just an «off day» for a great student?
(Many
also eat breakfast at the
school.)
Students can
also be reluctant to
eat breakfast at
school because of the stigma it can carry.
In 2017, 59 percent of New Jersey's low - income students who
ate school lunch
also had
school breakfast,.
I
also make sure my kids
eat a good
breakfast because I want them to have the fuel they need to get through their
school day.