Milk scores were 8.8 for children who ate school breakfast and 4.4 for those did not. What this says is that we tend to eat milk, fruit and grains at breakfast. If we skip breakfast, we'll probably make up for the calories lost, but not the milk and fruit. For children, this is an important issue. Milk is good source of calcium and protein, and most fruits are good sources of vitamin C, folate and fiber.
Children skip breakfast for many reasons.
Some are just not hungry first thing in the morning. Others prefer to sleep until the last minute. For today's families, time and energy are at a premium in the morning. Currently 93 percent of households in America with school-age children have either a single working parent or both parents working. But for a growing number of children, breakfast is not even a option.