In fact, breakfast has an important contribution to the total daily intake, as many as 15-30 per cent. No breakfast means increasing the risk of malnutrition, lowered concentration and stamina, even interfere with blood sugar.
When it was breakfast, not everyone is eating a good quality. According to Prof. Dr. Ir Hadinsyah, MS, Professor of the Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor Agricultural University, called the actual breakfast rather than breakfast, but also eat and drink in the morning. Apparently, many of you know people who eat breakfast without accompanied by drinking. Or, just drink without eating.
"Breakfast should be done before 09.00 AM, as soon as possible since the early risers. How the recommended servings of breakfast? When hunger and thirst is gone, it is time to stop the breakfast," said Prof. Hadin, when talk "Children Skipping breakfast, Inhibition of the Future" .
Full breakfast pattern according to Prof. Hadin should include carbohydrates, side dishes, vegetables, fruits, and beverages. Fruits and vegetables can be interchangeable functions, so it is okay not to eat fruit if you have added vegetables on the breakfast menu. Sometimes, children can eliminate the element of vegetables or fruit, if the dish is consumed already contain enough nutrients such as eggs.
With the composition of a complete breakfast, then the pattern is not a quality breakfast consists of only a few elements only. For example, carbohydrates and drink, carbohydrates and vegetables only, carbohydrates and a side dish, or carbohydrates, side dishes, and vegetables (without a drink).
"If not drink, dizzy and distracted child at classtime. If dizziness, the solution may only drink one cup or two cups of water, "said Prof Hadin.
From the survey, uncovered foods commonly used as a breakfast menu children aged 6-12 years, the white rice, fried eggs, vegetable stew, fried fish, noodles, fried rice, stir-fried vegetables, fried tofu, bread or donuts, and others. While the most popular drink to accompany breakfast is water, sweet tea, sweetened condensed milk, instant milk, tea and water.
Breakfast is basically to prepare nutrients for the body ready for any activity, for study or work requires energy. If the activity requires the brain and muscles, kids definitely need energy (food intake) more.
To that end, the portion of food must be differentiated depending on age and activity. For children 3rd grade, ideally half coffè plate of fried rice with a side dish or two pieces (including eggs), half-cut fruit, and drank two glasses.
