Breakfast Eating Habits

1.1 INTRODUCTION The word “breakfast” is derived from the phrase “breaking the fast”. We fast while we sleep and breaking that fast should make breakfast most joyful meal of the day, as we have lived through the night and beginning a new day. Breakfast is an opportunities for a new beginning that set the stages and sets the table of the day (Kathleen Hall, 2005). Breakfast foods vary widely from place to place, but often include carbohydrate such as fruit, vegetable, cereals, and a protein such as eggs, meat and a beverage such as tea, coffee and other else. As worldwide, 31 million Americans or 10% of population regularly skip the breakfast. The Morning Meals cape 2011 study surveyed 27,179 Americans from January 10 through March 7, 2011.

Based on random observation carried out in many cafes, especially in KPTM Kuala Lumpur, it is rare to see student having a breakfast. They just take the first meal at 10.00 am until 12.00 noon. Aminuddin (2006) said many people especially student always skipped the morning meal due to some reason. The some reason student skipped their breakfast is because they were already too late to go to class or work and don’t have time to prepared the breakfast. Other than that, some of them cannot take a breakfast because when they take a breakfast they will get stomach ache. Some of student not accustomed from childhood to eat breakfast. They just don’t realize about the importance of breakfast even breakfast is vital in life. He said that many students did not take their meal before they when to college and they only took their first meal around 10 am and above in college. They also ignore the nutrient that content in food they eat everyday and sometimes, they just choose their favourite foods to eat in the morning. For example, they just eat sausage and nuggets. This phenomenon is common in college life. This is because they do not realize the importance of breakfast for stimulating the brain for learning purpose. Therefore, this report was aimed to examine the importance of breakfast on learning performance of student in KPTM Kuala

If they take the breakfast what would happen to their academic performance. This survey will start 3 November until 10 November, for about 1 week. For the first three days I will be at the cafe from 8.30 am until 10.00 am and next day’s 10.00 am until 12.00 noon. I have prepared the question and will past the question to diploma and degree student randomly. The survey will be conducted in KPTM Kuala Lumpur