The Influence of Having Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Mood

University of Ulm104 enrolled

Overview

Breakfast is often labelled the most important meal of the day. Parents and teachers quite often stress its importance for successful learning during the morning hours. With declining numbers of children and especially adolescents eating breakfast regularly, the study examines the influence of breakfast consumption on cognition and mood of high school students.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

104

Conditions

Fasting

Interventions

Breakfast/no breakfastOTHER

A: Breakfast on the first day of intervention. Fasting (no breakfast) on the second day of intervention. B: Breakfast on the second day of intervention. Fasting (no breakfast) on the first day of intervention

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 13 YearsMax age: 20 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy high school students Exclusion Criteria: * Diabetes

Locations (1)

Centre for Neuroscience and Learning

Ulm, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sustained attention, immediate memory, mood

Time frame: 2 h

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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