Get Kids in Breakfast Mode!
19 11 2007
Here’s an easy way to help your child learn to manage his or her weight for life — make sure he or she starts the day with a healthy breakfast. That’s right! A study from the Maryland Medical Research Institute found that teens who started their day with a bowl of high-fiber cereal three times or more each week had fewer problems managing their weight up to 10 years later!
Sadly, the same study also found that too many children are getting the unhealthy message that skipping breakfast is a way to cut calories. By the age of 19, some 45 percent of participants in the study said they rarely ate breakfast. And as numerous studies have shown, skipping meals ends up leading to overeating and weight gain — not weight control. So make sure your child isn’t getting the wrong message about this important meal! While you’re at it, why not sit down with him or her and start your day off right, too? After all, it helps to practice what you preach!
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