School breakfast improves verbal fluency in undernourished Jamaican children
J Nutr
; 125(4): 894-900, 1995.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-5878
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; Reprint collection
ABSTRACT
School feeding programs exist in many countries, but few have been properly evaluated. In this study, the short-term effects of breakfast on children's cognitive functions were examined. The subjects were 97 undernourished (weight-for-age < or = -1 SD of reference) and 100 adequately nourished (weight-for-age > -1 SD) children in four primary schools in rural Jamaica. The children were randomly assigned to a group provided with breakfast or a group given a quarter of an orange as a placebo, and the given a battery of four cognitive function tests. After a few weeks the treatments were reversed and the tests repeated. Undernourished children's performance improved significantly on a test of verbal fluency when they received breakfast, whereas that of the adequately nourished children did not change (breakfast x group interaction, P < 0.05). They were no other effects of breakfast on test scores. The findings extend those of a previous Jamaican study conducted under more controlled conditions, and support the targeting of school meals to undernourished children (AU)
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Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Fala
/
Dieta
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Distúrbios Nutricionais
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio clínico controlado
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
J Nutr
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Artigo