This content series examines the importance of school breakfast and highlights some successful breakfast programs and initiatives that nourish students and help build healthy habits.
What is the National School Breakfast Program and How Does It Work?
A hungry student may be one who can’t concentrate well enough to learn. Consider the National School Breakfast Program (NSBP) to address concerns about student concentration and academic performance… READ MORE
Eat It! Breakfast That is! VIDEO
This simple video was created to encourage students to eat a healthy breakfast. It can be used in the classroom, during morning announcements or played in the cafeteria… WATCH HERE
Breakfast and the Brain: How Eating Breakfast Impacts School Performance
The claim that breakfast is the most important meal of the day has an abundance of sound science behind it…READ MORE
Power Up with Breakfast for a Winning School Day
Do you dream of a low cost, easy way to help students who struggle achieve academic success? One answer may be as close as the school cafeteria breakfast program… READ MORE
The Community Eligibility Provision and School Meals: A Fact Sheet
The community eligibility provision (CEP) is an option of meal reimbursement that allows schools with high rates of students who qualify for free or reduced meals to provide breakfast and lunch to all enrolled students at no charge…READ MORE
Breakfast in the Classroom: What Advocates Say
Numerous studies show that eating breakfast has great impact on children’s ability to learn… READ MORE
Tips for Successful Implementation of Breakfast in the Classroom
It seems simple – pack up breakfast, send it up to the classroom, the children eat breakfast together and everyone is happy! Not so fast!… READ MORE
State Programs:
Dairy Council of California’s Healthy Breakfast Online Resources for Schools
According to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, “Evidence suggests that breakfast consumption may improve cognitive function… READ MORE
Building Healthy Bodies with Outdoor School Breakfast
Lecanto Primary school in Polk County Florida is in its third year of implementing an outside breakfast program… READ MORE
Flint Community Schools Sees 21% increase in School Breakfast Participation
Children who eat breakfast are better prepared to learn, and school breakfast is proven to boost school achievement… READ MORE
School Breakfast Success: A Success Story Compendium by Michigan Team Nutrition
20 school breakfast success stories from Michigan Team Nutrition… READ MORE
Huddle Up for Breakfast
Students who participate in school breakfast programs have improved attendance, behavior and academic performance… READ MORE
The BreakfastFirst Campaign in California
The BreakfastFirst Campaign is a three year initiative to help California’s students reach their full potential and California’s schools maximize available federal resources by strengthening school breakfast programs…READ MORE
Think Breakfast!– Increasing Breakfast Consumption in New York State
We have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We have all heard that obesity is becoming epidemic among our children…READ MORE
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