Many youngsters are used to cold cereal, bagels or toaster pastry for breakfast. But are those the best things they could eat in the morning?
Eggs for the Best Breakfast:
Children who eat eggs for breakfast consume fewer calories at lunchtime. That is the conclusion of a study that measured the impact of different breakfasts on eating behavior in kids.
Forty children between 8 and 10 years of age were given three different breakfasts, each containing exactly 350 calories. One meal was made up primarily of cold cereal, another contained oatmeal and the third was a high-protein egg-based breakfast.
How Much Did They Eat Later?
The children in the study could eat as much lunch or other food during the day as they desired. On days that the children had scrambled eggs, they consumed 70 fewer calories at lunch on average than when they had cereal or oatmeal. This is the equivalent of one less chocolate-chip cookie.
Even such a modest reduction in calories could have an impact on weight over time. The researchers did not consider alertness or brain function, but for adults high-protein choices may be the best breakfast for clear thinking all morning.
