Effects of drinking supplementary water at school on cognitive performance in children

Appetite

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 730-737

  Fadda, Roberta ^a   Rapinett, Gertrude ^b   Grathwohl, Dominik ^b   Parisi, Marinella ^a   Fanari, Rachele ^a   Calò, Carla Maria ^a   Schmitt, Jeroen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydration; School children; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; CLIMATE; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HOT CLIMATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLIMATE; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VERBAL LEARNING; WATER;

EID: 84865663952     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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