The effects of Nordic school meals on concentration and school performance in 8- to 11-year-old children in the OPUS School Meal Study: A cluster-randomised, controlled, cross-over trial

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1280-1291

  Sorensen, Louise B ^a   Dyssegaard, Camilla B ^b   Damsgaard, Camilla T ^a   Petersen, Rikke A ^a   Dalskov, Stine Mathilde ^a   Hjorth, Mads F ^a   Andersen, Rikke ^c   Tetens, Inge ^c   Ritz, Christian ^a   Astrup, Arne ^a   Lauritzen, Lotte ^a   Michaelsen, Kim F ^a   Egelund, Niels ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Nutrition; School meals; School performance

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DANISH CITIZEN; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING RATING SCALE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEAL; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTENTION; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIET; LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929494327     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515000033     Document Type: Article

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