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The Influence of Having Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Mood

NCT00556868 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2007-11-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Fasting

Interventions

OTHER

Breakfast/no breakfast

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ulm

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katharina A Widenhorn-Mueller, PhD · Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm

  • Katrin Hille, PhD · Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm

  • Jochen Klenk, MPH · Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm

  • Weiland Ulrike, MD · Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Completion
2005-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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