These Photos Reveal What Kids Around The World Eat For Breakfast. It's Really Shocking

by N/A, 11 years ago | 2 min read

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It's said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, especially for growing children. However, many parents in the US settle for serving their children sugary cereal, due to it's convenience and appeal to kids.

The New York Times sought out to see what children all around the world eat and I can guarantee you that most of these meals are a lot more filling and a lot less processed than what we serve a majority of children here in the United States. You'll be shocked once you see the comparisons.

(Photo credit: Hannah Whitaker)

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Dogo Gunce Gursoy - 8 years old [Istanbul]

Includes: Honey and clotted cream called kaymak on toasted bread; green and black olives; fried eggs with a spicy sausage called sucuk; butter; hard-boiled eggs; thick grape syrup (pekmez) with tahini on top; an assortment of sheep-, goat- and cow-milk cheeses; quince and blackberry jams; pastries and bread; tomatoes, cucumbers, white radishes and other fresh vegetables; a paste made of grilled red peppers (kahvaltilik biber salcasi); hazelnut-flavored halvah; milk; and orange juice.

Koki Hayashi - 4 years old [Tokyo]

Includes: Green peppers stir-fried with tiny dried fish, soy sauce and sesame seeds; raw egg mixed with soy sauce and poured over hot rice; a dish of lotus and burdock roots and carrots sautÃ©ed with sesame-seed oil (kinpira); soy sauce and a sweet rice wine called mirin; miso soup; grapes; sliced Asian pear; and milk.

Sake Suzuki - 2 (almost 3) years old [Tokyo]

Includes: Fermented soybean dish called natto, white rice, miso soup, kabocha squash simmered in soy sauce and sweet sake (kabocha no nimono), pickled cucumber, rolled egg omelet (tamagoyaki) and grilled salmon.

Emily Kathumba - 7 years old [Chitedze, Malawi]

Includes: Cornmeal porridge called phala with soy and groundnut flour; deep-fried fritters made of cornmeal, onions, garlic and chiles, along with boiled sweet potato and pumpkin; and a dark red juice made from dried hibiscus flowers and sugar.

Birta Gudrun Brynjarsdottir - 3.5 years old [Reykjavik, Iceland]

Includes: Oatmeal porridge called hafragrautur served with brown sugar, maple syrup, butter, fruit orsurmjolk (sour milk); and lysi (cod-liver oil).

NathanaÃ«l Witschi Picard - 6 years old [Paris, France]

Includes: A single kiwi; tartine, an open-faced baguette with butter and blackberry jam; cold cereal with milk; and freshly squeezed orange juice.

Aricia Domenica Ferreira & Hakim Jorge Ferreira Gomes - 4 and 2 years old [SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil]

Oyku Ozarslan - 9 years old [Istanbul]

Includes: Brown bread, green and black olives, Nutella spread, sliced tomato, hard-boiled egg, strawberry jam, butter soaked in honey and an assortment of Turkish cheeses: among them, a crumbly, feta-like cheese called ezine peyniri; an aged, cowâ€™s milk cheese (eski kasar); and tulum peyniri, a variety of cheese made of goatâ€™s milk that was traditionally aged in a goatskin casing.

Phillip & Shelleen Kamtengo - 4 years old [Chitedze, Malawi]

Includes: Sweet, cornbread-like cake called chikondamoyo, boiled potatoes and black tea with a heaping spoonful or two of sugar.

Tiago Bueno Young - 3 years old [SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil]

Includes: Chocolate milk, cornflakes, banana cake and bisnaguinha, a sweet white bread popular with Brazilian children and served with a mild cream cheese called requeijÃ£o.

Viv Bourdrez - 5 years old [Amsterdam]

Includes: A glass of milk with bread, unsalted butter and â€” most important â€” sweet sprinkles, which come in multiple flavors (chocolate, vanilla, fruit) and sizes (small, large, shavings).