New Study: Breakfast at School Helps Ensure a Healthy Weight for Kids

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A new study from Yale University indicates that a school breakfast may help ensure a healthier weight range for kids.

Latino kids who are more at risk for unhealthy weight ranges and at risk for higher chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease may benefit from this research as the study suggests that students who consumed breakfasts were more likely to have a healthy weight trajectory.

Researchers reviewed over 580 middle school students from fifth grade to seventh grade, from 12 school districts in urban schools where free breakfast and lunches are served daily. Evaluating breakfast location patterns, and the link between breakfast patterns and weight of students over time, researchers looked at six patterns of eating, and the odds of being overweight or obese for breakfast “skippers”.

The study found that students who even ate a breakfast at home and at school did not have a higher weight status from other groups studied.

Jeannette R. Icovics, Ph.D. and professor of epidemiology and public health and psychology at Yale, mentioned in a recent article that providing healthy breakfasts to students in school can help alleviate food insecurity and help them maintain a healthy weight.

Learn more about ensuring a healthy school food environment  and a healthy weight for Latino kids.

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84

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of Latino parents support public funding for afterschool programs

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