Reply to When did your child start skipping breakfast?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "When did your child start skipping breakfast? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Research has been clear about the importance of breakfast.  One of my kids is a non-eater so I've learned to be more flexible about how he gets his nutrition.  I've come to the realization that nutrition doesn't need to be chewed so we start use a lot of different protein drinks.  We started him on Boost (high protein) which is really quite tasty but somewhat expensive (eg more than $1 a bottle).  We then tried a variety of other protein drinks and, now that he's older and understand that his body needs nutrition whether he's hungry or not, are currently quaffing a protein drink we get at Costco.  HTH.[/quote]
I don't think that research has been so clear and I definitely disagree that you should feed your body whether you're hungry or not.

How do you folks reconcile forcing/strongly encouraging children to eat with also teaching them to listen to their body cues regarding hunger?  I really don't want my kids to think "it's x time so it's time to eat".  Also, I think it's a bad idea to feed them foods you would otherwise find unacceptable simply because it is breakfast time.[/quote]

I'm the person you're quoting.  I've got kids with SN and my DH has Type 2 diabetes (not weight related).  I've extensively read literature/research on this and have worked with nutritionists for years because of my DH/kids' issues.  You may not believe it or you may find a study that suggests the link isn't strong but the totality of the research indicates breakfast is important, especially for children and their learning.

Not everyone recognizes when they're hungry (including my kids and DH).  This is why we have to teach them that sometimes your body does not tell you what it needs and sometimes we ignore it.  They're not hungry in the morning but they do need nutrition.  There are all kinds of objective measures that back this up.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics