Health Tip: Make Time for Breakfast

Start the day with a healthy meal

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(HealthDay News) -- Your mother probably urged you to eat a healthy breakfast, noting it was the day's most important meal.

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She was right, says the Nemours Foundation, which offers these suggestions on how to refuel your kids to begin their day:

• Keep your kitchen full of healthy, quick and easy breakfast choices.
• If morning time is at a premium, try to prepare for breakfast the night before. Set out dishes, prepare and cut up food, etc.
• Wake your family 10 minutes earlier than usual to allow time for breakfast.
• Encourage your child to help decide what to have for breakfast. The child can even help prepare it.
• Have on-the-go breakfast options ready for mornings when you're running late, including fresh fruit, yogurt, trail mix, and individual boxes of cereal.
• Pack a nutritious snack for your child if he or she isn't hungry first thing in the morning.

-- Diana Kohnle