A low glycaemic index breakfast cereal preferentially prevents children's cognitive performance from declining throughout the morning

Appetite

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Ingwersen, Jeanet ^a   Defeyter, Margaret Anne ^a   Kennedy, David O ^a   Wesnes, Keith A ^b   Scholey, Andrew B ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Attention; Breakfast; Breakfast composition; Carbohydrate; Children; Cognition; Glucose; Glycaemic index (GI); Memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CEREAL; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MEAL; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ATTENTION; CEREALS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248512117     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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