Breakfast reduces declines in attention and memory over the morning in schoolchildren

Appetite

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Wesnes, Keith A ^a   Pincock, Claire ^a   Richardson, David ^b   Helm, Gareth ^c   Hails, Simon ^d  

^a Cognitive Drug Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b DPR Nutrition   (United Kingdom)

^c Cereal Partners Worldwide   (United Kingdom)

^d Reading Scientific Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Breakfast; Children; Complex carbohydrates; Computerised cognitive assessment; Episodic memory; Glucose; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEVERAGE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0345257294     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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