Breakfast Intake and Composition Is Associated with Superior Academic Achievement in Elementary Schoolchildren

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 326-333

  Ptomey, Lauren T ^a   Steger, Felicia L ^a   Schubert, Matthew M ^a   Lee, Jaehoon ^b   Willis, Erik A ^a   Sullivan, Debra K ^a   Szabo Reed, Amanda N ^a   Washburn, Richard A ^a   Donnelly, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; breakfast; children; diet; elementary school

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT TEST; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; GRAIN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEAL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RACE; RECALL; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD GRAIN; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; KANSAS; READING;

BREAKFAST; CHILD; EDIBLE GRAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; READING;

EID: 84951271479     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1048381     Document Type: Article

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