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Does Increased Egg Consumption Have Cognitive and Neural Benefits in Food Insecure, At-risk Adolescents?

NCT03951883 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2021-11-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Quality nutrient intake is essential for proper development and well-being of children in all aspects of health, including cognitive development. Eggs are of particular interest based on potential cognitive and neurological benefits due in part to significant concentrations of choline and lutein. While overall, choline and lutein have received considerable attention in the literature in relation to cognition and brain function, most studies involving intake in young adults have had short intervention periods ranging from 90 minutes to 3 days. Food insecurity has been associated with decreased academic performance. Given that populations with food insecurity have limited resources to direct towards nutrition, identifying how a widely available, highly versatile and largely affordable source of nutrients (i.e. eggs) may have favorable impacts on cognitive function and brain function will be valuable in informing public health recommendations in this at-risk population. As such the investigators will examine whether an increased egg consumption dietary prescription can have positive effects on functional activity (i.e. fMRI) during an Eriksen-Flanker task, anatomical changes in the brain (i.e. DTI, MRI), and cognitive abilities as measured by the Stop Signal Reaction Time task, Operation Span task, Raven's Progressive Matrices and the Boston Naming Task.

Conditions

  • Adolescents With Food Insecurity

Interventions

OTHER

Increased Egg Consumption

Subjects will be instructed to use a weekly food purchase supplement for inclusion of 2 additional eggs per day to be added to subject's typical daily diet.

OTHER

Typical diet

Subjects will be instructed to maintain their current dietary patterns.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American Egg Board

    collaborator OTHER

  • Texas Tech University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martin Binks, PhD · Texas Tech University- Department of Nutritional Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-01
Completion
2021-03-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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