School pupil breakfast facts
10 September, 2008
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
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