Quality of habitual breakfast, in terms of variety of food groups and adequate energy, is positively related to school performance¶
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q2 i? Some evidence suggests breakfast quality (greater variety of food groups and adequate energy) is positively related to school performance and 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 cross-sectional studies using food-group-based breakfast quality classifications (e.g., AGHE core food groups). It states "quality of habitual breakfast, in terms of providing a greater variety of food groups and adequate energy, was positively related to school performance," with a possible dose-response relationship in one cohort.
"Some evidence suggested that quality of habitual breakfast, in terms of providing a greater variety of food groups and adequate energy, was positively related to school performance."
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Related Claims¶
- Increased frequency of habitual breakfast is consistently positively associated with academic performance in children and adolescents
- School breakfast programs show suggestive positive effects on academic performance, with clearest effects on mathematics and arithmetic grades in undernourished children
- Regular breakfast consumption is associated with increased odds of high academic achievement in Norwegian adolescent girls and boys, most strongly in girls
- A mid-morning snack benefits on-task behavior only for children who consumed a small breakfast, correcting the energy deficiency — related
- Breakfast consumption shows a mainly positive effect on on-task behavior in the classroom in children — related
- A low glycaemic load breakfast increases time on-task in young children, but the effect is short-lived and specific to the first observation period — related
- Acute experimental studies show inconsistent effects of breakfast on classroom behavior, with three of seven showing an on-task advantage — related
- Robust RCTs of school breakfast programs failed to find behavioral benefits, with low and variable attendance and a shift from at-home to at-school consumption limiting impact — related
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Quality of habitual breakfast, in terms of variety of food groups and adequate energy, is positively related to school performance |
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Quality of habitual breakfast, in terms of variety of food groups and adequate energy, is positively related to school performance |
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