Relationship between habitual breakfast and intellectual performance (logical reasoning) in well-nourished schoolchildren of Madrid (Spain)

Objective : To determine the relationships between habitual breakfast habits and performance in verbal aptitude, logical reasoning and mathematical tests in a group of well-nourished scholars from Madrid. Design : The study subjects were 180 children between 9 and 13 y of age. A dietetic study was u...

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Published in:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2003-09, Vol.57 (S1), p.S49-S53
Main Authors: López-Sobaler, A M, Ortega, R M, Quintas, M E, Navia, B, Requejo, A M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Aptitude tests
Aptitude Tests - statistics & numerical data
Breakfast foods
Child
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Clinical Nutrition
Cognition & reasoning
Diet
Diet - statistics & numerical data
Diet Records
Epidemiology
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Female
Humans
Intellectuals
Intelligence - physiology
Internal Medicine
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental Processes - physiology
Metabolic Diseases
original-communication
Population studies
Public Health
Reasoning
Regression Analysis
Spain
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Summary:Objective : To determine the relationships between habitual breakfast habits and performance in verbal aptitude, logical reasoning and mathematical tests in a group of well-nourished scholars from Madrid. Design : The study subjects were 180 children between 9 and 13 y of age. A dietetic study was undertaken using a 7-day food record. Scholastic aptitude was examined using the scholastic aptitude test (SAT-1) test. Results : Breakfast made up 19.1% of total daily intake. No differences were found between subjects in terms of personal data or total diet with respect to whether they habitually took adequate breakfasts (AB) (ie, more than 20% of daily energy being provided by this meal) or inadequate breakfasts (IB) (less than 20%). However, AB subjects achieved better reasoning scores in the SAT-1 test. Conclusions : The normal breakfast habits of schoolchildren should be taken into account when studying diet–mental function relationships, even when studying well-nourished populations. Sponsorship : This study was performed with help from Danone España S.A.
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5381
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601815