Methodological Challenges in Studies Examining the Effects of Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Appetite in Children and Adolescents
| Autor: | Katie Adolphus, Nick Bellissimo, Julia O. Totosy de Zepetnek, Clare L. Lawton, Louise Dye, Tia M. Rains, Nikki A. Ford |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Research design Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Adolescent Health Appetite Medicine (miscellaneous) methods Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Cognition Humans Food science Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Child cognitive performance media_common Consumption (economics) Meal 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Appetite Regulation digestive oral and skin physiology Child Health food and beverages breakfast Supplement—Methodological Challenges in Studies Examining the Effects of Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Appetite Diet Cognitive test Research Design methodological considerations Psychology Food Science Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Nutrition |
| ISSN: | 2161-8313 |
| Popis: | Breakfast is purported to confer a number of benefits on diet quality, health, appetite regulation, and cognitive performance. However, new evidence has challenged the long-held belief that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This review aims to provide a comprehensive discussion of the key methodological challenges and considerations in studies assessing the effect of breakfast on cognitive performance and appetite control, along with recommendations for future research. This review focuses on the myriad challenges involved in studying children and adolescents specifically. Key methodological challenges and considerations include study design and location, sampling and sample section, choice of objective cognitive tests, choice of objective and subjective appetite measures, merits of providing a fixed breakfast compared with ad libitum, assessment and definition of habitual breakfast consumption, transparency of treatment condition, difficulty of isolating the direct effects of breakfast consumption, untangling acute and chronic effects, and influence of confounding variables. These methodological challenges have hampered a clear substantiation of the potential positive effects of breakfast on cognition and appetite control and contributed to the debate questioning the notion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. |
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