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Your Health:
      
Eating Well
Your Children
-The effects of obesity on our children
-Children's food and nutrition
-Irish children's diets
-Food groups for children
-Breakfast for children
-Lunch for children
-Drinks for children
-Nutrition homework for the family
-Take our Food for Fitness test
-Food for active teenagers
Health Issues
Exercise for Health
Recipes
Breakfast for Children
      
Sit down to a ten minute breakfast everyday. This will give them the edge! ... Improve their memory, focus and concentration before the bell rings with a good breakfast.

Children who eat breakfast tend to perform better in school. Children simply don’t concentrate well when they are hungry. Many studies have demonstrated that breakfast eaters are likely to achieve higher grades, pay closer attention, participate more in class discussions, and manage more complex academic problems than breakfast skippers.
      
Quick breakfast ideas:
      
Glass of fruit juice and a bowl of breakfast cereal with milk (Pick a cereal which is high in fibre and wholegrains, no added salt, and without lots of added sugar).
Children's Breakfast Ideas, Kid's Healthy Breakfasts
      
Microwave porridge and honey and cool milk (tastes much nicer than it sounds – and you can add things like raisins instead of honey to sweeten it).
      
Fruit yogurt and 2 little slices of wholemeal toast and honey.
      
Children can also be chronically tired, not because they’ve had a few late nights but because their diets are inadequate in terms of iron. They too will find it difficult to concentrate and perform well in school. Fortified cereals and porridge provide iron in the diet. The iron in these foods is better absorbed when a glass of Vitamin C rich orange juice is added to the breakfast meal.
      
      
      
      
        
Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.
        
        
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