Breakfast is a crucial meal for student athletes. "The rapid growth that occurs during the high school years makes proper nutrition essential for high school athletes. Inadequate nutrition may lead to negative effects on their growth and development. High school athletes need a substantial number of calories for optimal growth and development and also because participation in sports places additional stress on the respiratory, cardiovascular, muscular and skeletal systems." Continue Reading: healthyeating.sfgate.com/nutrition-importance-breakfast-high-school-athletes-6457.html #SchoolBreakfastWeek #SportsNutrition #SportsMed #AthleticTraining #AthleteBreakfast #StudentAthlete