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School Breakfast Symposium:
Supporting Learning Through Nutrition
February 1, 2001 Marlboro, MA

The following video clips have been selected to highlight the importance of School Breakfast. Select and view clips individually.

Key Concepts

School Breakfast Supports Learning

Breakfast is the Most Important Meal of the Day (1:14)
Nutrition Supports Learning and Educational Goals (:18)
School Breakfasts Supports "Ready To Learn," National Educational Objectives (1:10)
Universal Breakfast: The Best of Both Worlds (:24)
Incorporating the Cost of Breakfast Into Schools: Foreign Country Models. (:55)

School Breakfast Improves Educational Outcomes

Massachusetts-based Research Projects Supporting Breakfast's Effects on 3 Key Learning Domains (1:28)
Learning Acquisition is More Rapid & Creative in Students Who Eat Breakfast (1:02)
Improved Learning Performance is Demonstrated When Food Intake Is Closer to The Learning Activity (1:05)

Marketing Your School Breakfast Program

The Effects of Hunger On Learning

Children Who Do Not Eat Breakfast Suffer Academically (1:32)
Hungry Children Score Lower on Achievement Tests (:30)
The Day A Child Doesn't Eat Breakfast Is the Day There's a Deficit (:22)
Transient Hunger Effects All Children. School Breakfast Is A Solution For EVERYONE. (1:43)
Hunger Symptoms and the Effects on Children's Behavior (1:14)
Teacher Perceptions of Psychosocial Effects of Hunger (:30)
Susceptibility to Respiratory Illness is Greater in Children Who Do Not Eat Breakfast (:45)

Important Nutrition Considerations for School Breakfast

Explanation of the School Meal Pattern for Breakfast: The Whole Meal Concept (1:09)
Reasons Why Students Don't Eat Breakfast (:57)
The Physical Cycle of Hunger: Sugar, Carbohydrates, Protein, Fat (2:41)
Caffeine's Effects on Hunger (:53)
The Importance of Teaching the Value of Breakfast: Children Left Alone Can Make Nutritious Breakfasts (:36)

last updated: September 24, 2010


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