CDC School Health Guidelines Soft drink consumption is soaring while milk consumption is declining among young people.
Milk is one of the leading sources of calcium for youth.
Participation in the School Breakfast Program set new records in 1998. More than 6 million low-income children in 68,000 schools nationwide ate breakfast at school, according to the School Breakfast Scorecard released by the Food Research and Action Center . Although more than half of the low-income children who participate in school lunch programs still do not receive school breakfasts, the School Breakfast Scorecard showed that the number of children participating in school breakfast programs has nearly doubled since 1988. The relationship of school breakfast to psychosocial and academic functioning. According to the guidelines, children should accumulate at least 30 to 60 minutes of age and developmentally appropriate physical activity from a variety of physical activities on all or most days of the week.