Fasting and cognition in well- and undernourished schoolchildren: A review of three experimental studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Pollitt, Ernesto ^a   Cueto, Santiago ^b   Jacoby, Enrique R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breakfast; Cognition; Fasting; Peruvian National Breakfast Program; School feeding; School performance; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0031966744     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/67.4.779S     Document Type: Article

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