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Ana Toscano
Professor Nelson
English 1302-104
10 September 2021
Introduction
In today's world many people think that breakfast is the most important meal of the day
but me and many other people would disagree. Many others say that the most important meal of
the day would have to be lunch for college students. There have been several studies conducted
for more research on this topic so that we can see if it does have an effect on a college student's
behaviors, cognitive functions, physical health, and productivity. While this topic is debatable,
many can say that lunch would be the most important meal that students could have since it does
improve the student’s behavior, cognitive functions, physical health, and productivity.
Experiment Information/Method
For this paper it was a 3-day research experiment that was conducted to see if eating
lunch or not eating lunch can affect the student in different ways. The research study was going
on from Thursday through Saturday all of which have different schedules for classes and
meetings and it also includes how they are eating lunch at the same time and one day without
lunch. During the experiment, lunch was eaten on Thursday and Friday, but lunch was not eaten
on Saturday. Something that is a factor to we need to track is the subject going to sleep at 12PM
(Midnight), Then eating breakfast at 7:30 AM, and walking to class # 1 in the morning from
dorm class 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM and from 9:30 to 10:30 for class # 2 . Using this method helps
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structure all the days of the experiment better and keeps it from interrupting the experiment.
Behavioral Benefits
The first factor that can be influenced by eating lunch is that it can boost the
improvement of a student's behavior. During this research it showed us that the student
behavior improved since he was getting along with the students of their class and professors.
According to article “How School Lunches Can Benefit Your Child – Healthy Food Choices
in Schools” By eating properly it overall does improve the student's behavior in everything
that they do for the rest of the day. This shows us that eating lunch does have an effect on the
student’s behavior from that time till the end of the day. The example in this research shows
me that the student in the study was able to get along with others with no attitude and was able
Cognitive Functions
The second factor in this experiment that was affected due to eating lunch was the
Friday, listening in lecture was easy, but on Saturday it was harder. Having lunch helped the
subject to be more observant of their surroundings in the classroom. For example, in this
experiment on Tuesday the subject was given an exam, the subject studied that day before with a
full stomach showed that there were no complications when going into the exam on Thursday.
In the article it shows us that having lunch helps students with their short term memory and helps
students do better on exams/quizzes by helping the students to concentrate on the task at hand.
This showed the same results in this experiment which does provide that the students cognitive
functions can be influenced. All and all, having breakfast does have a strong effect on increasing
the subject cognitive functions to help them understand the materials to study for the exam so
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Exercise/Physical Health
The 3 factors that can be found in this experiment would have to be the student's physical
health. There were several major findings in this research that should be considered, such as the
exercising which is walking from class to class is being influenced by lunch intakes. On
Thursday and Friday there was enough energy to continue the second half of the day with
walking being the exercise and not feeling tired from all the walking the subject does in just one
day. Additionally, after eating their lunch they felt that they should use that energy to walk to
class. However, on Saturday the subject did not have lunch so that left them with no energy to do
their day walk around campus. In the article it states eating lunch then doing exercise helps the
student to become distressed and it also does improve their mood. A student giving their body
Productivity
Conclusions
In this research experiment concluded that having lunch in fact had an impact on the
subject’s behavior, cognitive functions, physical health, and productivity. This research showed
us that on the days where the subject did not eat their lunch it was hard for them since they
needed energy for the body. It showed us if they did not have their lunch their body functions
were down. Findings of this research are significant for university students since they
demonstrate the importance of breakfast for educational objectives. The documentation gathered
evidence from this study that proves that lunch is an important thing to eat since it helps in
behavior, cognition, physical health and productivity. Nevertheless, some uncertainties persist
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today, as well as further research is needed to determine which forms of lunch are ideal to take
Works Cited
“Why Lunch Breaks Are Important to Your Health | Ben.” Ben, Aug. 2017, ben.org.uk/ben-
Hill, Tisa & Apuzzo, Julianna “How School Lunches Can Benefit Your Child – Healthy Food
2021.