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I’m preparing some new lessons for this year, and one will be on the importance of breakfast.
I’m adding this list to The Best Resources To Help Promote A Physically Healthy Lifestyle For Our Students.
Let me know if you have other suggestions:
Breakfast ‘keeps teenagers lean’ is from the BBC.
A Better Breakfast Can Boost a Child’s Brainpower is from NPR.
Good Health: Breakfast, exercise boost brain activity is a report from a Detroit news show.
My teenage students still get a kick out of Sesame Street:
Building willpower and self-control consumes enormous amounts of energy, which means that students’ brains need nourishment. Roy Baumeister’s book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength is another valuable resource for teachers and educators.