Acute experimental studies show inconsistent effects of breakfast on classroom behavior, with three of seven showing an on-task advantage¶

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q2 i? Within-subjects acute experimental designs produced inconsistent findings: three of seven studies showed an advantage of breakfast on on-task behavior. → Adolphus 2013

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Adolphus 2013¶

Adolphus, K., Lawton, C. L., and Dye, L. (2013). The effects of breakfast on behavior and academic performance in children and adolescents. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00425

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The review's synthesis of seven within-subjects acute experimental studies of breakfast effects on classroom behavior across the morning. It reports "The findings were inconsistent, with three of the seven studies showing an advantage of breakfast on on-task behavior" (Chang et al., 1996; Benton and Jarvis, 2007; Benton et al., 2007).

"Seven studies employed a within-subjects acute experimental design to examine the effects of breakfast on classroom behavior across the morning. The findings were inconsistent, with three of the seven studies showing an advantage of breakfast on on-task behavior"

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