Importance_Of_Breakfast

Importance Of Breakfast The Importance of Eating Breakfast General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To convince my audience of the importance of eating breakfast. Central Idea: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, not just for nutritional benefits, but for mental benefits as well, and there is no excuse not to eat it. 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. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, not just for nutritional benefits, but for mental benefits as well, and there is no excuse not to eat it. BODY I. You would be shocked at how many people skip their first meal a. According to Adirondack Sports and Fitness, nearly one fifth of adults don’t eat at all in the morning. b. Many students don’t eat breakfast i. 25 percent of elementary students skip breakfast. ii. 60 percent of students ages 9 to 15 skip breakfast. c. People have all kinds of breakfast, eat, morning, meal, skip, day, first, eating, intake, important, don’t, benefits, transition, time, students, skipping, right, protein, performance, percent, people, one, mental, less, hungry, high, foods, feel, energy, better, way, throughout, third, take, smoothie