Sep10What you need to know about breakfast

Did you know…

• one in six children, two in five teenagers, and one in five adults in the UK skip breakfast every day
• nutritionists recommend that your breakfast provides 25% of your daily intake of food
• breakfast should provides 40% of your required calcium intake, but 79% of 11 to 14 year olds do not achieve this
• breakfast is the biggest source of iron in children’s diet, providing more than meat and vegetables
• Queen Victoria introduced kippers to the British breakfast table in 1842
• The Beatles featured on the back of Kellogg’s cereals boxes in 1963