The Importance of BreakfastMany people skip breakfast, but a
healthy breakfast is, as the saying goes, the most important
meal of the day, for many reasons. By: Ruby Martinez , Sibley
Scribe Breakfast literally means, “breaking the fast”. By eating
a healthy meal in the morning you are jump-starting your body
and mind. Children who eat breakfast tend to perform better in
school, behave better, and concentrate more than those who do
not. Not only does breakfast give us more energy, it also helps
us maintain a healthy weight. A study in the 1999 issue Journal
of the American College of Nutrition, people who ate a hearty
breakfast containing more than one-quarter of their daily
calories (usually in the form of a ready to eat breakfast
cereal) consumed less overall fat during the day than people who
skipped on food in the morning. Why is eating breakfast so
important? There are many reasons. First, eating a healthy
breakfast provides your body with essential vitamins and
minerals. People who have breakfast with a