Eating breakfast daily may enhance students’ cognitive function, particularly memory
Given the choice between scrambled eggs and sleep, most students choose to hit snooze – reluctantly rolling out of bed around 6:30am (just in time to finish last night’s homework, fight about clothing and catch the bus by 7:25am). And, as adults, it’s hard to blame them. Exhausted, stressed and pressed for time, many of us are guilty of the same nutritional mistake. But does it really matter? Sure, older generations remind us that a “healthy day starts with a healthy breakfast!” But is there any truth to their wisdom? According to scientists, the answer is: YES.
A 2005 review of 22 research studies found that eating breakfast daily “may enhance students’ cognitive function (particularly memory), academic performance, school attendance rates, psychological function and mood.” An earlier study, involving third- through fifth-graders, supported this conclusion: students who participated in a school breakfast program showed “significant gains in math, reading and vocabulary test scores and reduced rates of tardiness and absenteeism.”
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