10 Benefits of Breakfast for Children Complete with Balanced Nutrition Guide

Kapanlagi.com - Children need to have breakfast every day in order to optimize their body growth and brain development. This is what makes breakfast so important as part of their daily intake.

Unfortunately, many people still skip breakfast, especially children. Even some parents are not concerned enough about their children's breakfast. However, breakfast has a lot of important benefits for children.

Furthermore, here are 10 benefits of breakfast for children that parents must know.

1. Optimizing Child Development

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The process of child development will run more optimally if they receive sufficient nutrition, especially during breakfast. Not only will they have a good physique, but regular breakfast will also help children achieve their ideal weight. 

Moreover, it is possible for children to achieve the best body proportions because the energy from breakfast makes them more enthusiastic in physical activities, stimulating optimal bone and muscle growth and development.

2. Making Children More Energetic

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This is the main benefit of breakfast, which is to supply energy to the body. Regardless of the activities the body goes through throughout the day, breakfast needs to be practiced every day so that the body remains energized. To ensure that the energy obtained from breakfast is more optimal, parents also need to provide children with a balanced nutritional breakfast according to the guidelines.

3. Making the Body Much Healthier

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Another benefit of this breakfast is that it can make the body much healthier. This is because various nutrients needed by the body can be fulfilled properly, so that the immune system of children also improves. As a result, children become less prone to illness, including the effects of bad weather changes, such as flu and cough.

4. Improving Concentration while Learning

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The role of breakfast becomes even more important when children enter school age. Because their bodies need more energy. Not only for physical activities, but also to support the concentration of children's learning. On the other hand, if children skip breakfast, not only their bodies become weak, but they also have difficulty concentrating while learning, in addition to being slow in activities.

5. Making Children More Active and Participatory in School

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In addition to improving concentration while studying, children who regularly eat breakfast also tend to be more active and participatory in school. Thanks to a well-nourished breakfast, children become enthusiastic in participating in all school activities. In fact, it is possible that breakfast can make children more participatory in other talent development activities, such as extracurricular activities. This is because breakfast makes children more energetic throughout the day.

6. Maintaining Stable Emotions

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Another interesting benefit of breakfast is that it can help maintain stable emotions. This is where the importance of breakfast before starting activities lies, including for children before going to school. Not only does it make them feel fuller, but it can also make children more focused on learning and activities. In addition, breakfast can also help children control their emotions well, so they can enjoy their days more cheerfully.

7. Helping Children Become More Enthusiastic About Sports

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Furthermore, breakfast also helps children become more enthusiastic about sports. A well-energized body from not skipping breakfast makes children eager to engage in various physical activities, such as sports lessons at school. As a result, the physical health of children is well-maintained, and parents are also happy to have children with a fit physique, right? In addition, children who have a passion for sports are also more eager to continuously hone their talents because breakfast truly makes them more active throughout the day.

8. Children Become Less Likely to Snack Carelessly

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Breakfast also benefits children by making them less likely to snack carelessly while at school. In addition to feeling full, sufficient nutritional intake from breakfast also prevents children from being tempted to buy random food at school. This is because besides unclear nutritional content, some food in the school environment may also lack safety, especially in terms of its ingredients. For example, the use of harmful food coloring.

9. Optimizing Metabolism in the Body

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During rest at night, the body remains active in burning calories. This metabolic process causes a decrease in sugar levels in the body. By having a breakfast that contains carbohydrates, the sugar levels in the body can be restored. As a result, the body's metabolism runs optimally, because children who regularly have breakfast.

10. Teaching Children to Live Economically

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In addition to avoiding random snacking, breakfast indirectly teaches children to live more economically. Especially if parents also provide nutritious lunch for their children, they will also learn to live a healthy lifestyle. Moreover, because their pocket money is rarely used, children will indirectly start to enjoy saving and become independent in fulfilling their own desires.

As for a good breakfast menu to meet balanced nutrition, it should include staple foods, which are sources of carbohydrates, such as rice, potatoes, and bread. In addition, make sure to have side dishes as sources of protein, such as fish, meat, and chicken, which are animal protein sources; and tempeh and tofu as plant protein sources.

Don't forget to serve fruits and vegetables as sources of vitamins and minerals in children's breakfast. For example, oranges, papayas, carrots, and spinach can be options. In addition, to complete a healthy breakfast for children according to balanced nutrition guidelines, also serve a glass of MILO.

This is because a glass of MILO contains many benefits. It has milk as a source of protein and calcium; malt extract as a source of energy for activities; cocoa that enriches the chocolate flavor that children like; as well as 6 vitamins and 3 minerals, which can help meet the balanced nutritional intake for children.

So what are you waiting for, let's support children's activities with energy intake to achieve more together with MILO every breakfast.

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