The Effects of Breakfast on Brain Function

This study has been completed.

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute United States Department of Agriculture University of Arkansas
Information provided by:	Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00621595

Purpose

To test cognitive abilities of 8-11 year old children under conditions of fasting or receiving a full school breakfast.

Condition	Intervention
Healthy	Dietary Supplement: USDA School Breakfast

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	The Effects of Breakfast on Cognitive Functioning

Further study details as provided by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute:

Enrollment:	166
Study Start Date:	November 2000
Study Completion Date:	June 2005
Primary Completion Date:	June 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Active Comparator Fasting	Dietary Supplement: USDA School Breakfast Breakfast containing 340 calories, 57 g carbohydrate, 14 g protien, 6 g fat.

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

food allergies or some intolerances
uncorrected vision
IQ < 80
Other chronic conditions thought to interfere with the study as determined by the investigator

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00621595

Locations

United States, Arkansas
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

Sponsors and Collaborators

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

United States Department of Agriculture

University of Arkansas

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

R Terry Pivik, Ph.D.

University of Arkansas for Medial Science

More Information

Responsible Party:	University of Arkansas for Medical Science ( R. Terry Pivik, Ph.D. / Principal Investigator )
Study ID Numbers:	06278
Study First Received:	February 12, 2008
Last Updated:	February 21, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00621595
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute:

School Breakfast
Diet
Nutrition
Brain Function

Cognition
USDA
Healthy Children

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Healthy

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009