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New York Times: With Classroom Breakfasts, a Concern That Some Children Eat Twice
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It is an innovative, intuitive and increasingly common way to ensure that food reaches the 
mouths of hungry children from low-income families: give out free breakfast in the classroom at the start of each school day.
The results, seen at urban districts across the country, are striking. Without the stigma of a trip to the cafeteria, the number of students in Newark who eat breakfast in school has tripled. Absenteeism has fallen in Los Angeles, and officials in Chicago say children from low-income families are eating healthier meals, more often.
But New York City, a leader in public health reform, has balked at expanding the approach in its own schools, and City Hall is citing a surprising concern: that all those classroom Cheerios and cheese sticks could lead to more obesity.
Some children, it turns out, may be double-dipping.
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