Influence of having breakfast on cognitive performance and mood in 13-to 20-year-old high school students: Results of a crossover trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Widenhorn Müller, Katharina ^a,b   Hille, Katrin ^a   Klenk, Jochen ^b   Weiland, Ulrike ^a  

^a Transfer Center for Neurosciences and Learning   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Cognitive function; High school students; Mood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAL; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 49849090002     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0944     Document Type: Article

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