Iovino Isabella, Stuff Janice, Liu Yan, Brewton Christie, Dovi Allison, Kleinman Ronald, Nicklas Theresa
Department of Pediatrics, Psychology Section, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX;
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX;
Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Sep;104(3):715-21. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.132043. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
Although many studies have investigated the relation between breakfast consumption and various domains of cognitive functioning within children, some of the reported findings are inconsistent.
We sought to determine the short-term effects of a breakfast meal on the neuropsychological functioning of healthy school-aged children after an overnight fast.
The study was conducted in a clinical research center with the use of a counterbalanced repeated-measures design among children who either consumed breakfast or were fasting. The administered neuropsychological tests included measures of attention, impulsivity, short-term memory, cognitive processing speed, and verbal learning. The sample consisted of children aged 8-10 y (n = 128), of whom 52% were female, 38% were African American, 31% were Hispanic, 28% were white, and 3% were of another race/ethnicity.
There were no significant (P ≥ 0.004) differences between breakfast meal consumption and fasting for any of the neuropsychological measures administered.
Breakfast consumption had no short-term effect on neuropsychological functioning in healthy school-aged children. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT01943604.
尽管许多研究调查了儿童早餐摄入与认知功能各个领域之间的关系，但一些报告的结果并不一致。
我们试图确定早餐对健康学龄儿童禁食一夜后的神经心理功能的短期影响。
该研究在临床研究中心进行，对食用早餐或禁食的儿童采用平衡重复测量设计。所进行的神经心理测试包括注意力、冲动性、短期记忆、认知处理速度和言语学习的测量。样本包括8至10岁的儿童（n = 128），其中52%为女性，38%为非裔美国人，31%为西班牙裔，28%为白人，3%为其他种族/族裔。
对于所进行的任何神经心理测量，早餐摄入与禁食之间均无显著（P≥0.004）差异。
早餐摄入对健康学龄儿童的神经心理功能没有短期影响。该试验已在clinicaltrials.gov上注册，注册号为NCT01943604。
