| Breakfast' means breaking the fast of the previous | | | | children who don't eat healthy breakfast. |
| night. It is the first important meal of the day and it | | | | There are number of excuses which children tend to |
| usually consists of foods which are high in energy | | | | make to skip their breakfast. "Mummy I am getting late |
| content. Do your children eat proper breakfast in the | | | | to school", "I don't like eating so early "or " Mom I am |
| morning, or simply gulp down glass of milk or water | | | | not hungry at all I don't want to eat breakfast" are few |
| before hurrying to catch school bus? If yes then this is | | | | common excuses which all moms come across. |
| a very bad habit. For proper growth of mind and body, | | | | Getting kids to eat a healthy breakfast can be a next |
| a child needs good amount of vitamins and nutritious | | | | to impossible task. So your first and foremost duty is |
| food. It is very essential for parents to give ‘healthy | | | | to make your child understand the importance of a |
| breakfast' to their children before they leave their | | | | healthy and nutritious breakfast. You have to make |
| houses for any activity. Today the habbit of having full | | | | them explain why breakfast is important and how it |
| fledged breakfast is on a decline because of the fast | | | | can make a huge difference in, how they perform in |
| paced lifestyles. Why can't we schedule 20 mins in a | | | | their academics or school. |
| day to prepare and eat the breakfast?? And if you | | | | Morning time is the busiest time for all the family |
| already do this, then we should teach our children it's | | | | members, everyone is in rush, elder ones to office, |
| importance and make them have it. | | | | colleges etc. This kind of scene can be seen |
| Breakfast and Children | | | | everywhere and mostly in nuclear families where both |
| The last meal of your child is the dinner of previous | | | | father and mother are working. It is very important for |
| night, almost ten to twelve hours before he wakes up. | | | | you to assign time to prepare breakfast and teach |
| And if he only drinks a glass of milk or skips the | | | | your child to remove 15 minutes for eating breakfast |
| breakfast, then that is not going to be sufficient for him. | | | | and then leave for school. Eating breakfast not only |
| Sadly, today children show lowest priority when it | | | | helps in weight management, it fuels the body to help |
| comes to having an breakfast before leaving for | | | | provide energy, better concentration and |
| school. A recent survey by the Diabetes Foundation of | | | | problem-solving ability throughout the day. According to |
| India shows that 40% of children skip breakfast and | | | | the food and nutrition expert, it is very essential for |
| 21.58% do not carry lunchboxes to school. On contrary | | | | school going children as they have to do so many |
| to this research shows that children who eat a good | | | | challenging activities throughout the day . To read more |
| breakfast in the mornings have higher levels of | | | | about Healthy Breakfast A Must!! |
| concentration and are able to focus better than | | | | |