Breakfast is important as it ‘breaks the fast’ from overnight and can help set the tone for the day, providing you with a variety of essential nutrients to start your day at work, school or home.
For adults and children, research shows that starting the day with a healthy breakfast may have other positive benefits such as
Concentrating better
Having better problem-solving skills
Being more alert, and
Being more creative and productive through the morning.
Studies show that eating a healthy breakfast regularly means that you are more likely to successfully manage your weight and cholesterol levels, as well as consume a better diet by eating more vitamins, minerals, and fibre2,3.
Starting the day with a healthy breakfast is an easy and low cost way to help your overall well-being.
1. Rampersaud GC, Pereira MA, Girard BL, Adams J, Metzl JD. 2005. Breakfast habits, nutritional status, body weight, and academic performance in children and adolescents. JADA. 105:743-760.
2. Williams P. 2005. Breakfast and the diets of Australian adults: An analysis of data from 1995 National Nutrition Survey. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 56 (1):65-79.
3. Smith KJ, Gall SL, McNaughton SA, Blizzard L, Dwyer T, Venn AJ. 2010. Skipping breakfast: longitudinal associations with cardiometabolic risk factors in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study. Am J Clin Nutr. December. 92: 6 1316-1325.