Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Cereal, a great way to start breakfast!

A recent study shows 77 percent of D.C. parents believe maintaining a healthy body weight is important to ensuring their child’s health!  I agree completely.  I want my kids to enjoy breakfast, I want my kids to eat a healthy breakfast, and I want to ensure a long healthy life for each of them too.

When it comes to fighting childhood obesity, there is a lot to love about cereal!  Frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights. That’s true of men, women, and children who choose sweetened cereals.  
*Teen girls who eat cereal are less likely to become overweight than non cereal eaters. 
*Boys’ cereal consumption is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) 
is a great place to read more about the healthy benefits to eating cereal for breakfast.
I have one final giveaway for you, my loyal readers.
It is a great giftpack from general mills. You will receive 6 mini cereal bowls as well as a to go container that will hold some cereal and milk.  I plan to send this to go container with my son to 2nd grade.  He is allowed to have a morning snack and this will be perfect, no thinking about what that snack will be.  He will fill up his cereal container by himself and I will pour in the milk and we will be all set!
**********************Would you like to win a cereal giftpack of your own from General Mills?
Please leave me a comment and tell me:
What information would be valuable for parents to get from cereal companies to help understand the benefits of cereal?
You can earn 3 additional entries:
* follow me on twitter @cookwith5kids
* follow me above on google friend follower for 1 extra entry
* tweet about this giveaway using hashtag #myblogspark
* please leave a comment for each entry, thank you!
Winner will be chosen on July 12th at noon.
Dislcaimer: I was sent a giftpack from General Mills and MyBlogSpark to review.  The opinions I have provided above are all my own.  Winners must live in the US. 


Congrats to Lesley Mitchell my week 4 cereal winner!  Check back soon for a Land O Lakes cinnamon butter gift pack giveaway!

6 comments:

  1. I think cereal companies would benefit by handing out pamplets to schools stressing the importance of eating a balanced breakfast, like cereal. I don't think a lot of parents know how beneficial eating breakfast really is. And cereal is a great way to start your day!

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  2. I follow you on Twitter (@LSAS1)

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  3. I follow you on GFC!

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  5. I think cereal companies could do a better job telling parents about the benefits of fiber and how much their cereals contain.
    lesleymitchell52@yahoo.com

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