BREAKFAST – THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY

Breakfast, as the word suggests, literally means ‘breaking the fast’.

After going 10-12 hours overnight without food, children’s energy reserves are low and their bodies and most importantly their brains, need fuel.

Without breakfast children (also adults!) can get irritable, restless and tired.

Kids who eat breakfast are more likely to:

• have improved concentration and short term memory
• be more focused
• maintain a healthy weight

Apart from providing children with body and brain ‘fuel’, breakfast foods are good sources of important nutrients such as calcium, iron and B vitamins as well as protein and fibre.

BREAKFAST ON THE RUN

Sometimes there is just not time for your child to eat breakfast.

Breakfast ideas for ‘on the run’ could include:

• a wholegrain cereal bar and a small fruit juice
• a small tub of yogurt and a banana
• a bag of dry cereal mixed with trail mix

Your child can eat these on the run and still arrive at school fuelled up.

For more information go to:

Healthy Tasmania - Healthy Tasmania

Breakfast - Better Health Channel