UAMS Researchers Find Student Behavior Improves When Schools Serve Breakfast after Class Begins

By Kev' Moye

LITTLE ROCK — A research team, which included Andres Cuadros-Menaca, Ph.D., and Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, discovered that schools providing breakfast after the school day begins (Breakfast After the Bell) experienced a decrease in student behavior issues.

The study, published by the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, revealed that because of Breakfast after the Bell, more than 1.3 million additional breakfasts were served to Arkansas students in grades 3-7 during the 2018-2019 school year. That was the final year of the study and the last school year before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools across the state.

https://news.uams.edu/2022/05/12/uams-researchers-find-student-behavior-improves-when-schools-serve-breakfast-after-class-begins/

Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., along with Andres Cuadros-Menaca, Ph.D., were part of a study that showed how students receiving breakfast while in class has multiple benefits.