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Healthy Breakfast ideas

Kids - eat breakfast & get more out of your day:

You’ll have so much fun
when you eat something yum
to fill up your tum….
for breakfast!

 

Why is it important to eat breakfast? 

Eating breakfast helps you:

  • concentrate – gives your brain energy
  • be active – gives you energy so you can have fun in the playground
  • learn – the foods you eat help you to see; help you listen and help your brain work

 

What happens if you don’t eat breakfast?

  • If you don’t eat breakfast you feel hungry
  • Feeling hungry is your body’s way of saying it needs food.
  • Your body needs food like the engine of a car needs petrol – to keep you going.

 

What is a healthy breakfast?

  • Wholegrain breakfast cereal (like wheat biscuits) + lite milk.
  • Top Tip: skip the sugar but you can add fruit or sprinkle on sultanas instead.
  • Wholemeal toast or crumpets.  Top with thinly spread fruit jam or vegemite + lite cheese.
  • Porridge + lite milk + berries or dried fruit
  • Fresh fruit + a tub of lite yogurt
  • To drink: 100% fruit juice or refreshing water or glass lite milk

Top tip

  • If you want to try something quick & tasty – what about whipping up a banana smoothie with lite milk or yogurt for brekky! 

 

What’s an unhealthy breakfast?

  • Breakfast cereals or bars that have lots of sugar
  • Fizzy drinks
  • Lollies & chips
  • Fruit juice drinks that contain added sugar or less than 100% fruit juice

Top tip

  • If you need to have breakfast on the run – prepare and pack fresh fruit, a wholemeal sandwich and a water bottle or 100% fruit juice nite before.
  • Water is the best at keeping your body refreshed (hydrated)

Parents:


Many nutritionists consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day. It ‘breaks the fast’ overnite and is a healthy habit for all the family. 

 

Eating a nutritious breakfast helps assist children's physical, mental and emotional development. Children who miss breakfast are less able to concentrate, are more prone to fidgeting and may find learning difficult by mid-morning. Missing breakfast means that there are more nutrients that need to be packed into lunch & dinner meals.  Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that children who miss out on a healthy breakfast are more likely to suffer from obesity later in life.

 

Lead by example and ensure all the family gets off to the best start with a delicious & healthy breakfast, everyday.