Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

…but why? Even if you’ve heard this statement your whole life, you may not have stopped to think about it. Or maybe you don’t think it’s true—who has time for breakfast when you’re trying to get your family out the door in the morning?

While all meals are important, breakfast is especially important for kids. Children who eat breakfast:

·         Have better behavior, concentration, memory, and learning.

·         Do better on tests and other classroom tasks.

·         Take in more nutrients overall.

·         Are less likely to be obese.

Because breakfast is so important to student learning and health, schools work hard to make sure kids get a breakfast every day. In fact, March 5-9, 2018 is National School Breakfast Week! It’s a great time to make sure your child is taking advantage of school breakfast.

More and more schools are serving breakfast in the classroom, which means they don’t have to arrive early to eat. Other schools offer grab-and-go breakfasts that students can pick up on the way into class.

Find out how breakfast is served in your child’s school. If breakfast is served before the bell in the school cafeteria, make sure your child arrives in time to eat. If breakfast is served in the classroom, just be on time for school!

No matter how breakfast is served, encourage your child to eat the fresh fruit that is offered with breakfast—it’s a nutritious, brain-boosting way to start the day!