Importance_Of_Breakfast

Importance Of Breakfast Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to eat breakfast. Central Idea: Breakfast is an important meal of the day, not just for the nutritional benefits but for the mental benefits as well. Introduction I. How many of you are hungry right now' How many of you that are hungry did not have breakfast this morning' Do you have trouble concentrating, feel irritable, or have no energy in the morning' If you do, it may be because you do not eat breakfast. II. When you were a kid, your mom always told you that breakfast was the most important meal of the day. It turns out she was right. III. Breakfast is an important meal of the day, not just for the nutritional benefits but for the mental benefits as well. Body I. The breakfast skippers. A. Many students don’t eat breakfast. (Consumer’s Research Journal) 1. 25 percent of elementary students skip breakfast. 2. 60 percent of students ages 9 to 15 skip breakfast. B. The main reason given for skipping breakfast was the lack of time. C. Skipping breakfast impairs mental performance and causes low nutrient intake. 1. People who skip breakfast pay a high price. Breakfast skippers were less productive and handled tasks less efficiently. They don’t recall new information as breakfast, day, eat, benefits, world, times, skip, report, news, mental, meal, intake, important, students, protein, performance, percent, new, high, fruit, feel, energy, eating, better, york, vegetarian, time, throughout, skipping, skippers, right, research, releases, person, nutritional, nutrient