Providing
a well-balanced breakfast will help them form their own healthy
habits and make healthy choices. Breakfast provides the energy
students need to feed their on-the-go, active lifestyle. It
can improve the results of standardized test scores, attendance/tardiness,
behavior and emotional intelligence.
You
hear it all the time: “Breakfast is the most important
meal of the day.” But research shows that kids aren’t
heeding this advice. If students choose to eat breakfast at
all, they have many choices.
It
is with foresight that a competitive approach, to a new branded
breakfast initiative was born. "AMP UP with Breakfast” has
been developed to create a viable alternative to Starbucks,
McDonald's, or skipping the meal. Through AMP UP, we can offer
breakfast to a large percentage of students who arrive at school
without the benefits of healthy and nutritious meal.
Providing
breakfast addresses legislative trends as well as growing media
concern toward unhealthy children. Missing out on an important
source of nutrients and vitamins early in the day leaves students
without the energy and brainpower to meet and exceed their
mental and physical potential. It also leaves them at higher
risk
for childhood diabetes and obesity, and increases the probability of unhealthy
snacking and overeating later in the day.
The
LISD Child Nutrition Department and ARAMARK’s breakfast
program, AMP UP, provides students with the energy to jump-start
their day. AMP UP offers a wide variety of great-tasting morning
favorites that are fun, portable, nutritious and delicious.
Our students’ will love them!
Fresh
whole and packaged fruits
Hot wholesome foods
Hot and cold cereals
Packaged breakfast snacks
Yogurt and smoothie beverages
Fresh and frozen 100% juice beverages |
