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| Title |
The effects of breakfast on behavior and academic performance in children and adolescents
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00425 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katie Adolphus, Clare L. Lawton, Louise Dye |
| Abstract |
Breakfast consumption is associated with positive outcomes for diet quality, micronutrient intake, weight status and lifestyle factors. Breakfast has been suggested to positively affect learning in children in terms of behavior, cognitive, and school performance. However, these assertions are largely based on evidence which demonstrates acute effects of breakfast on cognitive performance. Less research which examines the effects of breakfast on the ecologically valid outcomes of academic performance or in-class behavior is available. The literature was searched for articles published between 1950-2013 indexed in Ovid MEDLINE, Pubmed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE databases, and PsychINFO. Thirty-six articles examining the effects of breakfast on in-class behavior and academic performance in children and adolescents were included. The effects of breakfast in different populations were considered, including undernourished or well-nourished children and adolescents from differing socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds. The habitual and acute effects of breakfast and the effects of school breakfast programs (SBPs) were considered. The evidence indicated a mainly positive effect of breakfast on on-task behavior in the classroom. There was suggestive evidence that habitual breakfast (frequency and quality) and SBPs have a positive effect on children's academic performance with clearest effects on mathematic and arithmetic grades in undernourished children. Increased frequency of habitual breakfast was consistently positively associated with academic performance. 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. However, these associations can be attributed, in part, to confounders such as SES and to methodological weaknesses such as the subjective nature of the observations of behavior in class. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 146 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 5% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Sweden | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1% |
| Argentina | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 18 | 12% |
| Unknown | 59 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 121 | 83% |
| Scientists | 15 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 874 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 863 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 221 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 115 | 13% |
| Researcher | 60 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 52 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 4% |
| Other | 118 | 14% |
| Unknown | 269 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 142 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 109 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 75 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 58 | 7% |
| Psychology | 51 | 6% |
| Other | 138 | 16% |
| Unknown | 301 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 895. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 January 2024.
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