School brekfat Programs

Proper eating habits have been positively linked to many different areas of success in a child’s learning abilities. One of the biggest controversies in education for the past few decades, more specifically, has been the effect of breakfast on a child’s ability to perform better in school. Many schools throughout the United States have opted to take on morning breakfast programs to provide students with a healthy breakfast to begin their day, in case it is not available to them at their homes for whatever reason. I believe that school breakfast programs are a positive addition to the nation’s schools because it allows children to begin their day healthy, and better prepares them for the knowledge they will obtain in the classroom.

According to Given (1998) students who eat a nutritious breakfast make fewer errors throughout the morning than those who skip breakfast, and those who skip breakfast are inclined to eat heartily at lunch and then feel sluggish during the afternoon. Not every child is able to eat a well-balanced breakfast at their home in the morning for many reasons. According to Bro and Shank (1996) A contributing factor for poor nutrition, aside from poverty, is t

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One setback that can be found with school breakfast programs is the number of school children that are actually utilizing the programs. Since the origin of the school breakfast program lies in providing breakfast to children of low-income families, many may feel ashamed to participate in the program, but there are ways in which teachers can get involved with getting children more involved with the school breakfast program. Curriculum Review (2003) suggests nineteen tips for increasing school breakfast participation. Some of the tips are: for teachers to hold a contest between homerooms to see who can achieve the highest breakfast attendance, and give out awards or have the losing classroom make breakfast for the winners, or decorate the cafeteria.

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