Question

How can eating breakfast improve a child’s health?

Answer 1

Answer :

Eating breakfast has got long term health benefits in a child.

• Many studies have linked having breakfast to better memory and concentration in children.
• It reduces obesity - according to studies having breakfast decreases obesity. Which inturn has got many advantages.
• This decreases high blood pressure. In other words children skipping breakfast for long term has got increased chances of getting hypertension in adulthood.
• Daily breakfast decreases the risk of cardiac diseases.
• Similarly to hypertension, risk of another life style disease, diabetes mellitus is decreased with a regular breakfast.
• Breakfast kick starts childs metabolism and helps to burn calories throughout the day.
• Also it decreases bad LDL cholesterol.
• Its more likely to get calcium and fibers in breakfast.
• This decreases acidity in stomach and relieves recurrent stomach ache due to it.

Thus eating breakfast has got many advantages in children.