The role of breakfast and a mid-morning snack on the ability of children to concentrate at school

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 382-385

  Benton, David ^a   Jarvis, Megan ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Breakfast; Snack

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33846620646     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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