{Team No Kid Hungry} The Importance of Breakfast and your Child

     In July I talked about Team No Kid Hungry, Did you join? This is a simple way you can make a BIG difference and a very important difference for our future and theirs. According to new analysis released by Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Campaign, the simple act of feeding kids a healthy breakfast can have a dramatic impact on their academic, health and economic futures. It you read Team No Kid Hungry you learned that 1 out of 5 children struggle with hunger. That is a LARGE amount of children that are being set up to fail because they are hungry, and no child should ever be hungry, especially in our Country!

     Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It wakes you up and fuels your body and mind for the day ahead. If children are struggling with hunger this can have serious long-term effects on their future success, as childhood hunger negatively affects health, academic achievement and future economic prosperity. We should never set our children up for failure but we are when we are not making sure they have a healthy start to their day. Take a look at these facts that Breakfast, whether at home or school can change lives. 

On Average students who eat school breakfast have been shown to:

-Achieve 17.5% Higher Scores on Standardized Math Tests
-Attend 1.5 More Days of School Per Year 

These impacts have potential long-term economic benefits as well:

-Students who attend class more regularly are 20% More likely to Graduate from High School 

-High School graduates typically earn 10,090 MORE per year and enjoy a 4% higher employment rate. 

A Student eating breakfast at home or school breakfast tend to do better in school and attend class more frequently, which leads to greater job-readiness and self sufficiency after high school. These students, therefore are set on a path to become less likely to struggle with hunger as adults.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU CHILDREN TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE EATING BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING, WHETHER AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL. 

IT IS A MUST FOR THEIR FUTURE!

*All information here was gathered from NoKidHungry.org Head on over there and become a Team No Kid Hungry Member & Take the Pledge.