Session Information
08 SES 08 A, Healthy Breakfast and Health
Research Workshop
Contribution
Given the fact that obesity is a rather common concern all over the world, it is of vital importance to draw as much focus on the negative and long term effects of this pathologic condition. Heart failure, chronic respiratory disease, high blood pressure and blood cholesterol all fall under this category. Furthermore, studies show that children who have breakfast not only are more likely to develop and maintain a healthy weight, but also do better in school. When they skip breakfast, instead, they’re more likely to become tired when their brain and body run low on fuel. Their mood might make them prone to make unhealthy choices at lunch and to gain body weight.
School-based programs can play an important role in promoting lifelong healthy eating. Because diet influences the potential for learning as well as health, an objective of the European and international education goal should be that children receive the nutrition and health care needed to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies. Healthy eating in childhood aim to promote optimal childhood health, growth and intellectual development. Immediate effects of unhealthy eating patterns include undernutrition, iron deficiency anemia, obesity and dental caries; and may prevent long-term health problems, such as coronary heart disease, cancer and stroke.
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