Eating for School Success Eat well, learn well Consider that
eating breakfast might be critical to your child achieving their
educational potential. And then consider that the secret to
getting your child to eat breakfast, preferably a healthy one,
could lie in your own eating habits. Research published in the
Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows that the
provision of school breakfast results in improved academic
performance and greater school attendance in late primary-
school-aged children. The increase in blood sugar levels
provided by breakfast before an educational session seems to aid
the physiology of learning. In contrast, skipping breakfast has
the opposite effect, interfering with children's mood and their
ability to think. Research shows that the provision of school
breakfast results in improved academic performance and greater
school attendance in late primary-school-aged children. Children
who eat breakfast are more likely to: • meet their daily
nutritional needs • keep their weigh