Did you know...
• 93 percent of Americans agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet fewer than half (44 percent) eat breakfast everyday.
• Milk is the most popular breakfast beverage of children.
• Yogurt is the second fastest growing in-home breakfast food. (Hot cereal is the fastest growing in-home breakfast food.)
• We are eating more breakfast meals than ever before. The average American ate 330 breakfasts in 2007 vs. 320 in 1997.
• We spend about 13 minutes of our day eating breakfast. We spend twice as much time eating lunch and dinner: 30 minutes and 24 minutes, respectively.
• One of four consumers (25%) enjoys a large, traditional breakfast on the weekend.
• Several studies suggest that eating breakfast may help children do better in school by improving memory, alertness, concentration, problem-solving ability, test scores, school attendance and mood. Adult breakfast skippers, take a lesson-eating breakfast may help boost your brain power, too.
• Breakfast helps lessen stress, jumpstart metabolism and boost energy.
• Milk and milk products are a source of protein, calcium, zinc, magnesium, vitamin B12 and riboflavin, naturally providing fuel for the day.
• Calcium, found in milk and dairy products, helps build and maintain healthy teeth and bones, keeps your heart beating steadily and your blood, nerves and muscles working correctly. Yet, most Americans get only half the calcium they need from their diets.
For more information, recipes or to locate a dairy farm breakfast, visit www.WakeUpWithDairy.com. Find additional recipes and nutritional information about dairy products at http://www.eatwisconsincheese.com/.
Facts gathered from The International Food Information Council Foundation, dietitian.com, Technomic, Mintel Market Research, NPD group and wisdairy.com
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