Can breakfast tryptophan and vitamin B6 intake and morning exposure to sunlight promote morning-typology in young children aged 2 to 6 years?

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Nakade, Miyo ^a,b   Akimitsu, Osami ^b   Wada, Kai ^b   Krejci, Milada ^c   Noji, Teruki ^d   Taniwaki, Nozomi ^d   Takeuchi, Hitomi ^a   Harada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Morningness Eveningness; Tryptophan and vitamin B6; Young children aged 2 to 6 years

Indexed keywords

PYRIDOXINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUNLIGHT;

BREAKFAST; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SUNLIGHT; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84865527221     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-31-11     Document Type: Article

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