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How a Healthy Breakfast
Breakfast reakfast is the first and most Some of these issues can hinder
SUPERCHARGES Your Day!
important meal of the day,
How a Healthy Breakfast Beaten in the morning after the learning process. Students who
have the habit of eating breakfast
SUPERCHARGES Your Day! waking from a night’s sleep, typical- have better concentration during
lessons than those who do not.
ly following a period of not eating
for about 8-12 hours. Breakfast pro- Breakfast enhances problem-solv-
vides the energy your body requires ing abilities on a regular basis.
to perform activities throughout the
day. Consuming a good breakfast Research has shown that breakfast
keeps you full for longer and may benefits both children and adults
make you less likely to crave snacks. in many ways. Eating breakfast
improves one’s health and nutri-
By eating breakfast, we are breaking tion, provides energy, boosts brain
the fast or long gap after the pre- power, and reduces the likelihood
vious night’s dinner. By the time we of developing eating disorders.
wake up in the morning, all our ener- Eating breakfast has been signifi-
gy is used up, and we need new en- cantly associated with better con-
ergy to go through our daily routine. centration as well as improved
weight management.
Children who skip their breakfast be-
fore going to school may experience Children who eat breakfast make
problems such as: fewer trips to the school nurse,
• headaches have fewer absences from
• sleepiness school, and exhibit fewer disci-
• stomach pains pline problems. Children should
• muscle fatigue not go to school hungry. It is
• indecisiveness hard to learn and interact in a
• anger social environment when you’re
• anxiety hungry and tired.
• irritability
• unhappiness
• nervousness
• lethargy
Article by
• hostility etc.
Nkiru Oknokwo
Oduduwa Hostel Matron
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