Dusty Johnson: “The Economist notes that: The researchers found that kids who started eating significantly more breakfast . . . were…”

“The Economist notes that: The researchers found that kids who started eating significantly more breakfast . . . were doing better at school, particularly in mathematics. This result confirms earlier studies on the benefits of breakfasting on academic performance. But Dr. Murphy and his colleagues also found that those children who started eating more breakfast were significantly less likely to feel anxious or depressed, or to be described by their teachers as hyperactive or disruptive . . . less likely to play truant or be late for school. . . . Breakfast is no panacea, but it may be a cost-effective way to help children who most need help. And so the provision of the Johnson school breakfast amendment, in our overall nutrition authorization, will build on already-existing research in individual school districts around the country and create a more comprehensive research strategy. But I believe that the facts that will be found are already apparent to us in the smaller research studies that have already been conducted. It is my hope that we will be able to build further on this information and this broader research from this larger pilot program contained in this legislation, to what ultimately will be a universal free breakfast program for all schoolchildren throughout the Nation.”