The Influence of Having Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Mood - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	University of Ulm
Information provided by:	University of Ulm
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00556868

Purpose

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.

Condition	Intervention
Fasting	Other: Breakfast/no breakfast

MedlinePlus related topics: Memory

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Basic Science, Randomized, Single Blind (Investigator), Crossover Assignment
Official Title:	The Influence of Having Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Mood in High School Students

Further study details as provided by University of Ulm:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Sustained attention, immediate memory, mood [ Time Frame: 2 h ]

Enrollment:	104
Study Start Date:	October 2005
Study Completion Date:	December 2005

Arms	Assigned Interventions
A: Experimental Breakfast on the first day of intervention, fasting (no breakfast) on the second day of intervention	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
B: Experimental Fasting (no breakfast) on the first day of intervention, breakfast on the second day of intervention	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

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	13 Years to 20 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy high school students

Exclusion Criteria:

Diabetes

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00556868

Locations

Germany
Centre for Neuroscience and Learning
Ulm, Germany, 89075

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Ulm

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	Katharina A Widenhorn-Mueller, PhD	Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm
Principal Investigator:	Katrin Hille, PhD	Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm
Principal Investigator:	Jochen Klenk, MPH	Institute of Epidemiology, University of Ulm
Principal Investigator:	Weiland Ulrike, MD	Centre for Neuroscience and Learning, University of Ulm

More Information

Publications indexed to this study:

Widenhorn-Müller K, Hille K, Klenk J, Weiland U. Influence of having breakfast on cognitive performance and mood in 13- to 20-year-old high school students: results of a crossover trial. Pediatrics. 2008 Aug;122(2):279-84.

Study ID Numbers:	241/2004
Study First Received:	November 9, 2007
Last Updated:	November 9, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00556868
Health Authority:	Germany: Ethics Commission

Keywords provided by University of Ulm:

High school students
Boarding school
Breakfast
Fasting

Memory
Attention
Mood

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009