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Abebe L, Mengistu N, Tesfaye TS, Kabthymer RH, Molla W, Tarekegn D, Wudneh A, Shonor MN, Yimer S. Breakfast skipping and its relationship with academic performance in Ethiopian school-aged children, 2019. BMC Nutr 2022; 8:51. [PMID: 35641990 PMCID: PMC9158216 DOI: 10.1186/s40795-022-00545-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Breakfast skipping and its relationship with academic achievement among primary school children were investigated in this study. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 848 primary school children. Breakfast skipping was analyzed using a 2-item questionnaire. A 19-item Social Academic and Emotional Behavior Risk Screening questionnaire was used to collect data on children’s behavior. The prevalence of breakfast skipping was found to be 38.1%. Living in a rural area (AOR = 5.2; 95% CI: 3.54, 7.71); having illiterate parents (AOR = 6.66; 95% CI 3.0, 14.7); having parents with a primary education level (AOR 5.18, 95% CI: 2.25, 11.94); living with guardians or other relatives (AOR = 4.06; 95%CI: 2.1, 7.9); and having lower academic achievement (AOR = 2.76; 95% CI: 1.44, 5.29) were factors associated with skipping breakfast. In conclusion, breakfast skipping has been identified as a significant public health concern that requires an immediate response from stakeholders. It is recommended to intervene based on the identified factors.
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- Lulu Abebe
- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia.
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- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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- Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
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Alqaoud N, Al-Jawaldeh A, Al-Anazi F, Subhakaran M, Doggui R. Trend and Causes of Overweight and Obesity among Pre-School Children in Kuwait. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 8:524. [PMID: 34205307 PMCID: PMC8234335 DOI: 10.3390/children8060524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Identifying life risk factors of obesity early will help inform policymakers to design evidence-based interventions. The following study aims to assess the trend of overweight and obesity over four years among pre-school Kuwait children, and to examine their association with breakfast skipping (BF), sugary and sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, and screen time. Children aged 2-5 years (n = 5304) were selected from 2016 to 2019 national surveys. Overweight and obesity were defined according to the World Health Organization references. The children's mothers were asked about the BF of their children the day of the survey, their frequency of SSB consumption, and their weekly screen time use. Logistic regression was used to identify the risk factors associated with overweight/obesity. No significant decline (p values ≥ 0.12) was found for both overweight and obesity. Contrastingly, BF skipping, SSB consumption, and screen time declined (p < 0.0001). The BF skippers were found to have a 31% lower risk of being overweight. Daily TV watching, for 2-3 h, increases the odds of obesity by 5.6-fold. Our findings are encouraging regarding the decline in risky behaviours over time. However, more effort should be made both at the micro- and macro-level for a sustainable reduction in overweight and obesity.
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- Nawal Alqaoud
- Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City 13001, Kuwait; (N.A.); (F.A.-A.); (M.S.)
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- Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO), World Health Organization (WHO), Cairo 11371, Egypt;
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- Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City 13001, Kuwait; (N.A.); (F.A.-A.); (M.S.)
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- Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City 13001, Kuwait; (N.A.); (F.A.-A.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada
- Centre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau–Brunswick, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada
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Liu J, Wu L, Um P, Wang J, Kral TVE, Hanlon A, Shi Z. Breakfast Consumption Habits at Age 6 and Cognitive Ability at Age 12: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13062080. [PMID: 34204553 PMCID: PMC8234310 DOI: 10.3390/nu13062080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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This study aimed to assess the relationship between breakfast composition and long-term regular breakfast consumption and cognitive function. Participants included 835 children from the China Jintan Cohort Study for the cross-sectional study and 511 children for the longitudinal study. Breakfast consumption was assessed at ages 6 and 12 through parental and self-administered questionnaires. Cognitive ability was measured as a composition of IQ at age 6 and 12 and academic achievement at age 12, which were assessed by the Chinese versions of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales and standardized school reports, respectively. Multivariable general linear and mixed models were used to evaluate the relationships between breakfast consumption, breakfast composition and cognitive performance. In the longitudinal analyses, 94.7% of participants consumed breakfast ≥ 4 days per week. Controlling for nine covariates, multivariate mixed models reported that compared to infrequent breakfast consumption, regular breakfast intake was associated with an increase of 5.54 points for verbal and 4.35 points for full IQ scores (p < 0.05). In our cross-sectional analyses at age 12, consuming grain/rice or meat/egg 6-7 days per week was significantly associated with higher verbal, performance, and full-scale IQs, by 3.56, 3.69, and 4.56 points, respectively (p < 0.05), compared with consuming grain/rice 0-2 days per week. Regular meat/egg consumption appeared to facilitate academic achievement (mean difference = 0.232, p = 0.043). No association was found between fruit/vegetable and dairy consumption and cognitive ability. In this 6-year longitudinal study, regular breakfast habits are associated with higher IQ. Frequent grain/rice and meat/egg consumption during breakfast may be linked with improved cognitive function in youth.
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- Jianghong Liu
- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (P.U.); (J.W.); (T.V.E.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(215)-898-8293
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA;
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- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (P.U.); (J.W.); (T.V.E.K.)
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- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (P.U.); (J.W.); (T.V.E.K.)
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- Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (P.U.); (J.W.); (T.V.E.K.)
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- Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;
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- Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar;
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The effect on cognitive test scores of generating differences in postprandial glycaemia using test foods or beverages has been inconsistent. Methodological issues may account for some of the variable results requiring further investigation using strong study designs into the relationship between glycaemia and cognitive functioning. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of postprandial glycaemia on cognitive function by examining cognition after consumption of foods that differ only by the rate of digestion of available carbohydrate in a population of young adults. In a double-blind, randomised, crossover trial, sixty-five participants received trifle sweetened either with a higher-glycaemic index (GI) sugar (sucrose; GI 65) or a lower-GI sugar (isomaltulose; GI 34). Cognitive tests were completed prior to trifle consumption, and 60 and 120 min after. There was no between-trifle difference at 60 min in performance on free word recall (0·0 (95 % CI -0·6, 0·5)), short delay word recall (0·0 (95 % CI -0·5, 0·5)), long delay word recall (0·0 (95 % CI -0·6, 0·6)), letter-number sequence recall (0·3 (95 % CI - 0·2, 0·7)) and visuo-spatial recall (-0·2 (95 % CI -0·6, 0·2)) tests. At 120 min, no difference was detected in any of these tests. The participants performed 7·7 (95 % CI 0·5,14·9) s faster in Reitan's trail-making test B 60 min after the higher-GI trifle than the lower-GI trifle (P = 0·037). Our findings of a null effect on memory are generally consistent with other works in which blinding and robust control for confounding have been used.
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Ren Z, Cao J, Cheng P, Shi D, Cao B, Yang G, Liang S, Du F, Su N, Yu M, Zhang C, Wang Y, Liang R, Guo L, Peng L. Association between Breakfast Consumption and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese College Students: A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Cohort Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17051571. [PMID: 32121348 PMCID: PMC7084814 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Skipping breakfast has been suggested to increase the risk of depressive symptoms, but there is no information regarding young adults. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and the risk of depressive symptoms among Chinese college students. We investigated a cross-sectional (n = 1060) and one-year prospective (n = 757) relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and the risk of depressive symptoms. The frequency of breakfast consumption was categorized into “≤1 time/week”, “2–5 times/week”, or “≥6 times/week”. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the 20-item Zung self-rating depression scale (SDS) with an SDS score of ≥50 to indicate moderate to severe depressive symptoms. In the cross-sectional analysis, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of depressive symptoms related with the breakfast consumption categories were 1.00 (reference) for ≥6 times/week, 1.761 (95% CI: 1.131, 2.742) for 2–5 times/week, and 3.780 (95% CI: 1.719, 8.311) for ≤1 time/week (p for trend: <0.001) after adjusting for these potential confounders. Similarly, in the one-year prospective analysis, we found that 10.2% of participants was classified as having moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Multivariate logistic regressions analysis revealed a significant negative relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and the risk of depressive symptoms. The ORs (95% CI) for depressive symptoms with decreasing breakfast consumption frequency were 1.00 (reference) for ≥6 times/week, 2.045 (1.198, 3.491) for 2–5 times/week, and 2.722 (0.941, 7.872) for ≤1 time/week (p for trend: 0.005). This one-year prospective cohort study showed that skipping breakfast is related to increased risk of depressive symptoms among Chinese college students. Future research using interventional or experimental studies is required to explore the causal relationship between the effects of breakfast consumption and depressive symptoms.
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- Zhongyu Ren
- College of Physical Education, Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Motor Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Institute of Sports Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (Z.R.); (J.C.); (L.G.)
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- College of Physical Education, Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Motor Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Institute of Sports Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (Z.R.); (J.C.); (L.G.)
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- College of Physical Education, Chongqing Nursing Vocational College, Chongqing 402763, China;
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- Department of Physical Education, Xinhua College of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510520, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Faculty of Psychology, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- School of Physical Education, Chinese Center of Exercise Epidemiology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China; (G.Y.); (S.L.); (F.D.); (N.S.); (M.Y.); (C.Z.); (Y.W.); (R.L.)
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- College of Physical Education, Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Motor Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Institute of Sports Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (Z.R.); (J.C.); (L.G.)
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- College of Physical Education, Key Laboratory of Physical Fitness Evaluation and Motor Function Monitoring, General Administration of Sport of China, Institute of Sports Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; (Z.R.); (J.C.); (L.G.)
- Correspondence:
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Guan M, Han B. Association between intestinal worm infection and malnutrition among rural children aged 9-11 years old in Guizhou Province, China. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:1204. [PMID: 31477069 PMCID: PMC6719348 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7538-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Intestinal worm infection adversely impacted child health and was one of the China's largest health burdens. However, yet little was known about associations between intestinal worm infection and malnutrition in school-aged children in rural China. This study aimed to fill into the gap. METHODS Data were from a survey of children aged 9-11 years old in Guizhou Province, China conducted in June 2013. Considering anemia and low intelligent quotient (IQ) as mediating factors, binomial logistic regression was used to estimate the associations of intestinal worm infection with thinness, underweight, and stunting. Moreover, the associations between socio-demographic factors and malnutrition were also explored. RESULTS Among 2179 children, part of children was infected by intestinal worm (41.85%). Stunting (28%), low memory IQ (87.52%), and low process IQ (62.59%) were highly prevalent in the sample. Socio-demographic factors were associated with thinness, underweight, stunting, low memory IQ, low process IQ, anaemia, and intestinal worm infection. Intestinal worm infection was associated with low IQ, anemia, and stunting. In addition, anemia and low IQ could not confound the other expected associations. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated the association between intestinal worm infections and stunting appeared to be largely mediated via low IQ. The study highlighted the importance of deworming and improving nutrition in the surveyed areas.
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- Ming Guan
- Family Issues Center, Xuchang University, Road Bayi, Xuchang, 88, Henan, China.,School of Business, Xuchang University, Road Bayi, Xuchang, 88, Henan, China
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- Family Issues Center, Xuchang University, Road Bayi, Xuchang, 88, Henan, China. .,College of Urban and Rural Planning and Gardening, Xuchang University, Road Bayi, Xuchang, 88, Henan, China.
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Sámano R, Hernández-Chávez C, Chico-Barba G, Córdova-Barrios A, Morales-Del-Olmo M, Sordo-Figuero H, Hernández M, Merino-Palacios C, Cervantes-Zamora L, Martínez-Rojano H. Breakfast Nutritional Quality and Cognitive Interference in University Students from Mexico City. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16152671. [PMID: 31357381 PMCID: PMC6695580 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16152671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Skipping breakfast might have an impact on cognitive functions, such as interference, which is a basic capacity of executive functions that denotes the possibility of controlling an automated response. This study aimed to analyze the association between nutritional quality of breakfast and cognitive interference in a sample of university students. A cross-sectional study was conducted, a total of 422 students between 18 and 25 years participated. Cognitive interference was assessed with the Stroop Test. Breakfast was assessed with a questionnaire assigning a score for each serving of each food group that was consumed. Logistic regression models were performed. The performance in cognitive tasks was slower in those who had a poor breakfast (32.9 ± 6 vs 29.3 ± 6 s, p < 0.050). Poor cognitive interference was greater in students with poor breakfast (53% versus 23%, p = 0.001). A slower word reading was associated with skipping vegetables (OR: 2.78, 95% CI: 0.09-2.13), and cereals (OR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.03-2.81). Wrong color identification was associated with skipping fruits (OR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.43-1.99) and animal protein sources (OR: 1.63, 95% CI: 1.07-2.49). Skipping fat-rich cereals was a protector factor (OR: 0.55, 95% CI: 0.36-0.85). Difficulty in the ability to inhibit interference was associated with skipping vegetables (OR: 2.72, 95% CI: 1.25-4.80) and cereals (OR: 2.65, 95% CI: 1.28-4.68). The nutritional quality of breakfast was associated with the time spent answering the Stroop test, but not with cognitive interference.
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- Reyna Sámano
- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Secretaría de Salud, Montes Urales 800, Miguel Hidalgo, Lomas Virreyes, Ciudad de México CP 11000, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Secretaría de Salud, Montes Urales 800, Miguel Hidalgo, Lomas Virreyes, Ciudad de México CP 11000, México.
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- Departamento de Nutrición y Bioprogramación, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Secretaría de Salud, Montes Urales 800, Miguel Hidalgo, Lomas Virreyes, Ciudad de México CP 11000, México
- Escuela de Enfermería, Universidad Panamericana, Augusto Rodin 498, Insurgentes Mixcoac, Alcaldía Benito Juárez CP 03920, México
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- Coordinación de Psicología, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Secretaría de Salud, Montes Urales 800, Miguel Hidalgo, Lomas Virreyes, Ciudad de México CP 11000, México
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- Universidad del Valle de México-Chapultepec, Avenida Observatorio 400, 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad de México CP 11810, México
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- Universidad del Valle de México-Chapultepec, Avenida Observatorio 400, 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad de México CP 11810, México
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- Universidad del Valle de México-Chapultepec, Avenida Observatorio 400, 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad de México CP 11810, México
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- Universidad del Valle de México-Chapultepec, Avenida Observatorio 400, 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad de México CP 11810, México
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- Universidad del Valle de México-Chapultepec, Avenida Observatorio 400, 16 de Septiembre, Ciudad de México CP 11810, México
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- Departamento de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón s/n, Colonia Casco de Santo Tomas, Alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México CP 11340, México
- Coordinación de Medicina Laboral, Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos, Secretaría de Salud, Francisco de P, Miranda 177, col. Unidad Lomas de Plateros Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón C.P, Ciudad de México 01480, México
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Taji W, Mandell B, Liu J. China's urban-rural childhood cognitive divide: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study after a 6-year follow up. INTELLIGENCE 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Deoni SC, Adams SH, Li X, Badger TM, Pivik RT, Glasier CM, Ramakrishnaiah RH, Rowell AC, Ou X. Cesarean Delivery Impacts Infant Brain Development. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2019; 40:169-177. [PMID: 30467219 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The cesarean delivery rate has increased globally in the past few decades. Neurodevelopmental outcomes associated with cesarean delivery are still unclear. This study investigated whether cesarean delivery has any effect on the brain development of offspring. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 306 healthy children were studied retrospectively. We included 3 cohorts: 2-week-old neonates (cohort 1, n = 32/11 for vaginal delivery/cesarean delivery) and 8-year-old children (cohort 2, n = 37/23 for vaginal delivery/cesarean delivery) studied at Arkansas Children's Hospital, and a longitudinal cohort of 3-month to 5-year-old children (cohort 3, n = 164/39 for vaginal delivery/cesarean delivery) studied independently at Brown University. Diffusion tensor imaging, myelin water fraction imaging, voxel-based morphometry, and/or resting-state fMRI data were analyzed to evaluate white matter integrity, myelination, gray matter volume, and/or functional connectivity, respectively. RESULTS While not all MR imaging techniques were shared across the institutions/cohorts, post hoc analyses showed similar results of potential effects of cesarean delivery. The cesarean delivery group in cohort 1 showed significantly lower white matter development in widespread brain regions and significantly lower functional connectivity in the brain default mode network, controlled for a number of potential confounders. No group differences were found in cohort 2 in white matter integrity or gray matter volume. Cohort 3 had significantly different trajectories of white matter myelination between groups, with those born by cesarean delivery having reduced myelin in infancy but normalizing with age. CONCLUSIONS Cesarean delivery may influence infant brain development. The impact may be transient because similar effects were not observed in older children. Further prospective and longitudinal studies may be needed to confirm these novel findings.
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- S C Deoni
- School of Engineering (S.C.D.), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- From the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
- Pediatrics (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., C.M.G., X.O.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Departments of Radiology (X.L., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.)
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- From the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
- Pediatrics (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., C.M.G., X.O.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- From the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
- Pediatrics (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., C.M.G., X.O.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Departments of Radiology (X.L., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.)
- Pediatrics (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., C.M.G., X.O.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Arkansas Children's Research Institute (C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Departments of Radiology (X.L., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.)
- Arkansas Children's Research Institute (C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Departments of Radiology (X.L., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.)
- Arkansas Children's Research Institute (C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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- From the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
- Departments of Radiology (X.L., C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.)
- Pediatrics (S.H.A., T.M.B., R.T.P., C.M.G., X.O.), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Arkansas Children's Research Institute (C.M.G., R.H.R., A.C.R., X.O.), Little Rock, Arkansas
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Salahodjaev R. Is there a link between cognitive abilities and environmental awareness? Cross-national evidence. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 166:86-90. [PMID: 29883904 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This article explores the effect of cognitive abilities on environmental awareness using data from 119 countries for the period 2005-2015. Our findings provide pioneering confirmation that a facet of human psychology, namely cognitive ability, is positively associated with environmentalism. The empirical estimations indicate that when cognitive abilities increase by one standard deviation, climate change awareness increases by approximately 19% (slightly less than one standard deviation). This positive association remains intact when we control for other determinants of environmentalism.
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- Raufhon Salahodjaev
- Westminster International University in Tashkent, 12 Istiqbol St., Tashkent 100047, Uzbekistan.
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Maternal Sociodemographic Characteristics and Behaviors as Correlates of Preadolescent's Breakfast Habits. J Pediatr Nurs 2018; 39:61-67. [PMID: 28802591 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To explore factors affecting skipping breakfast rate, and to identify its perceived reasons among preadolescent students and their mothers in Jordan. DESIGN AND METHODS Using cluster stratified sampling, preadolescent (10-11years) students (N=1915) and their mothers (N=1299) from 26 public and private schools completed a self-reported questionnaire. Breakfast skipping and its related habits were described. Children's and mothers' perceptions of regular breakfast eating and sociodemographic factors were analyzed in relation to breakfast skipping in children. RESULTS Although the majority of both children and mothers perceived breakfast as very important, 23% of the children and mothers reported skipping breakfast. Male students skipped breakfast more than female students. Students whose mothers had a low level of education and students with a low value of breakfast consumption had a higher likelihood of skipping breakfast. Mothers' high value of breakfast and encouragement of children to eat breakfast were directly related to an increase in children's perceived importance of breakfast consumption. Preadolescents' and mothers' perceptions of the importance of breakfast and mothers' encouragement to eat breakfast were significant predictors of breakfast consumption among students. CONCLUSION The high prevalence of breakfast skipping among students, and knowledge about association between mothers' perceived importance of breakfast consumption and encouragement highlighted the pivotal role of mothers in preadolescent's breakfast consumption. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS The findings suggest that health care providers, including school health practitioners, are recommended to assess children's and mothers' perceived value of breakfast and to include mothers in health promotion interventions on breakfast consumption.
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Skipping breakfast is associated with lower diet quality in young US children. Eur J Clin Nutr 2018; 72:548-556. [PMID: 29367733 DOI: 10.1038/s41430-018-0084-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Breakfast consumption has been shown to impact children's growth and development, but the influence of breakfast skipping on total daily intakes is not known. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in nutritional intakes and food consumption between children who consume breakfast versus those who do not. SUBJECTS/METHODS Dietary recall data were assessed for 2-year-old to 5-year-old children (n = 3443) and 6-year-old to 12-year-old children (n = 5147) from NHANES 2005-2012. Dietary intakes and diet quality scores were compared across breakfast consumption and skipping with means and 95% confidence interval. RESULTS Children who skipped breakfast on the day of intake had significantly lower energy intakes for the total day (5911 vs 6723 kJ) but had greater energy intakes from non-breakfast meals and snacks. Children who skipped breakfast consumed nearly 40% of the day's intake (2332 kJ of 5911 kJ) from snacks, with 586 kJ from snacks as added sugars. Breakfast skipping was also related to significantly lower intakes of fiber, folate, iron, and calcium intakes. Overall diet quality scores, as well as fruit, whole fruit, whole grains, dairy and empty calorie subscale scores were significantly better in children who ate breakfast. CONCLUSIONS Children who skipped breakfast presented poorer overall diet quality and lower total intakes commonly obtained at breakfast. To address missed opportunities, nutrition professionals should encourage children's consumption of a nutritious breakfast to support overall diet quality.
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Mehrabbeik A, Mahmoodabad SSM, Khosravi HM, Fallahzadeh H. Breakfast consumption determinants among female high school students of Yazd Province based on Pender's Health Promotion Model. Electron Physician 2017; 9:5061-5067. [PMID: 28979742 PMCID: PMC5614292 DOI: 10.19082/5061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Despite the importance of breakfast, especially for students, unfortunately, this meal is usually ignored in daily routine. The aim of this study was to identify determinants among female high school students of Yazd province based on the Pender Health Promotion Model. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted to examine 200 female high school students of Yazd, selected by cluster sampling method in 2016. A researcher-made questionnaire, based on Pender's Health Promotion Model, was used as a data collection tool. A panel of experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were used to confirm the questionnaire validity and reliability. In order to analyze descriptive data, SPSS version 22 was used. AMOS software (v.23) was employed for path analysis. RESULTS Direct impact of activity -related affect (0.300), interpersonal influences (0.276), and perceived barriers to eating breakfast (-0.223) were approved at significance level p<0.000. By influencing perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy and previous related behavior indirectly affected breakfast consumption. These components determined 33% of breakfast consumption. CONCLUSION By planning to create a positive feeling in students to have breakfast, to involve family and friends to encourage students to eat breakfast, to reduce barriers to have breakfast by increasing students' self-efficacy, the behavior of having breakfast among students can be improved.
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- Akram Mehrabbeik
- M.Sc. in Health Education, Department of Health Education & Promotion, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Ph.D. in Health Education, Professor, Department of Health Education & Promotion, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Ph.D. in Biostatistics, Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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CARVALHO NAD, MARTINS KA, SOUSA LMD, DÍAZ MEP. Feeding in full-time public schools: Do students adhere and accept? REV NUTR 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-98652017000300008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ABSTRACT Objective Identifying adherence to, and acceptance of school feeding, and analyzing the factors associated with non-adherence/non-acceptance in full-time public schools in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Methods Cross-sectional study with students of both sexes aged 6-14 years. Issues regarding the consumption of meals, food distribution, food eaten outside the school and socioeconomic data, including nutritional assessment of students, were investigated. Adherence to meals was defined as the consumption of school meals four to five times/week, and acceptance was defined as meal approval, using the facial hedonic scale. Results A total of 359 students participated in this study and it was observed that adherence was high for lunch (95%) and afternoon snacks (78%), and low for morning snacks (44%). Acceptance did not reach the required minimum percentage of 85% for any of the meals. Factors associated with non-adherence were the presence of >4 people in a household, having meals in a refectory, the meal location being considered uncomfortable and a negative evaluation of utensils used in eating meals. Factors associated with non-acceptance were age >10 years, female sex, the negative evaluation of utensils used in eating meals and inadequate food temperature. Conclusion Lunch and afternoon snacks showed the highest adherence, but the stipulated acceptance was not reached. Non-adherence and non-acceptance were mainly associated with aspects related to school feeding. This study allowed the evaluation of feeding in full-time public schools, in order to influence its improvement.
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Adolphus K, Bellissimo N, Lawton CL, Ford NA, Rains TM, Totosy de Zepetnek J, Dye L. Methodological Challenges in Studies Examining the Effects of Breakfast on Cognitive Performance and Appetite in Children and Adolescents. Adv Nutr 2017; 8:184S-196S. [PMID: 28096143 PMCID: PMC5227972 DOI: 10.3945/an.116.012831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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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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- Katie Adolphus
- Human Appetite Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Community Services, School of Nutrition, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
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- Human Appetite Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Human Appetite Research Unit, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom;
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Haile D, Gashaw K, Nigatu D, Demelash H. Cognitive function and associated factors among school age children in Goba Town, South-East Ethiopia. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bruening M, Afuso K, Mason M. Associations of Eating Two Breakfasts With Childhood Overweight Status, Sociodemographics, and Parental Factors Among Preschool Students. HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR 2016; 43:665-673. [PMID: 27162242 DOI: 10.1177/1090198116629421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND School breakfast may contribute to increased risk for obesity because children may be consuming two breakfasts: at home and at school. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of preschoolers consuming two breakfasts and to assess relationships with overweight/obesity and other factors. METHOD Head Start parents (n = 273, 84.6% Hispanic) in the southwest completed cross-sectional surveys on child breakfast patterns and parental perceptions of school breakfast and personal breakfast consumption habits. Surveys were linked with sociodemographics and body mass index in Head Start databases in 2013. General estimating equation binomial models (schools as a random effect) were used to assess the relationship between two breakfasts (at home and school) and key variables, adjusting for gender, race, ethnicity, and household income. RESULTS The prevalence of consuming two breakfasts was 34%. Children's overweight/obesity status was inversely related to two-breakfast consumption, but it was significant only for the Hispanic subgroup; the odds of being overweight/obese was 60% lower among those who ate two breakfasts (p < .05). The likelihood of consuming a second breakfast increased over twofold among children who woke up before 7 a.m. (p = .004). Among Hispanic families, a significant association was observed between children's two-breakfast consumption and parental perceptions about whether they perceived the breakfast at Head Start was culturally appropriate (p = .040). CONCLUSIONS Not only was eating two breakfast not associated with obesity, the association was in the opposite of the expected direction and significant for Hispanic participants. Factors such as earlier wake-up time were related to reports of two breakfast intake. While more research is needed, these findings provide information for policy makers and practitioners; caution should be exercised when suggesting that breakfast programs may be related to the consumption of two breakfasts and the risk for childhood obesity, particularly among the preschool students in this study.
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GAO Y, CAI C, LI J, SUN W. Nutritional Intervention and Breakfast Behavior of Kindergartens. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2016; 45:297-304. [PMID: 27141491 PMCID: PMC4851743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND To examine the effect of nutritional education on children's breakfast patterns. METHODS A kindergarten based nutrition intervention was started in September 2001 among 8 kindergartens in Hefei with a total of 2,012 children aged 4-6 years and their parent pairs. RESULTS Monthly nutrition education sessions were held over two semesters in kindergartens part of the intervention arm. The approach in education and the content of other activities were uniform across all the kindergartens. A validated questionnaire was used to record breakfast behavior over 7 days including at least one weekend. The parents recorded the children's breakfast pattern (frequency, time, and food selection) at baseline, middle, and end of the study. After intervention, there were significant differences at the final stage, but none at the baseline before intervention. There were changes not only in breakfast frequency, but also in the breakfast selection. CONCLUSION The breakfast pattern of Chinese children can be modified through nutrition education after a long term intervention.
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- Yongqing GAO
- School of Food Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, China
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- School of Food Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, China
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- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA
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- School of Food Sciences, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan, China, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA,Corresponding Author:
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Jackson DB, Beaver KM. The Influence of Nutritional Factors on Verbal Deficits and Psychopathic Personality Traits: Evidence of the Moderating Role of the MAOA Genotype. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2015; 12:15739-55. [PMID: 26690459 PMCID: PMC4690953 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The current study explores whether: (a) nutritional factors among adolescent males predict their risk of exhibiting verbal deficits and psychopathic traits during adulthood and (b) the link between nutritional factors and these outcomes is conditioned by the MAOA genotype. The study analyzes data from the U.S. National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative, genetically informative sample. We find evidence that meal deprivation increases the likelihood of both verbal deficits and psychopathic personality traits, whereas poor quality nutrition increases the risk of verbal deficits. We detect the presence of a number of gene-environment interactions between measures of food quality and MAOA genotype, but no evidence of GxE in the case of meal deprivation. Limitations are noted and avenues for future research are discussed.
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- Dylan B Jackson
- Department of Criminal Justice, College of Public Policy, 501 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78207, USA.
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- College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 145 Convocation Way, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, FL 32306-1273, USA.
- King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, TX 78207, USA.
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Hisam A, Rahman MU, Mashhadi SF, Bilal A, Anam T. Regular breakfast consumption associated with high intelligence quotient: Myth or Reality? Pak J Med Sci 2015; 31:1084-8. [PMID: 26648991 PMCID: PMC4641260 DOI: 10.12669/pjms.315.7728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective: To find the frequency of regular breakfast consumption among Pakistani teenagers while the other objective was to find out the association between breakfast consumers (BC) and intelligence quotient (IQ). Methods: This comparative cross sectional study was conducted on 102 students of a Public School Rawalpindi from August 2013 to January 2014. Participants were categorised into two groups i.e. regular breakfast consumers (RBC) and irregular breakfast consumers (IBC) according to their breakfast habits. A standardized questionnaire of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Childrenwas used for IQ assessment. Data was then entered and analysed in SPSS version 20. Result: Out of the 102 individuals with mean age 17.17 ± 0.631, 58(56.9%) were females and 44 (43.1%) were males. There were 63 (61.8%) RBC while 39 (38.2%) were IBC. Among RBC there were 7 (6.9%) in challenged, 5 (4.9%) were below average, 33 (32.4%) in average group, 14(13.7%) in above average and 4 (3.9%) in gifted group. While among IBC, there was 1 (1%) among the severely challenged, 3 (2.9%) in challenged, 8 (7.8%) in below average, 22 (21.6%) in average group, 4 (3.9%) in above average and 1 (1%) in gifted group. There was no significant association found between breakfast intake and IQ level among students (p=0.98). Conclusion: More than half of the students were having regular breakfast. There was no significant association found among breakfast consumers and IQ. However the IQ score was more among RBC as compared to IBC.
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- Aliya Hisam
- Dr. Aliya Hisam, MBBS, MPH. Assistant Professor, National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College (AMC), Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Mahmood Ur Rahman, MBBS, DPH, MPH, MSc, FCPS. Professor and Head of Community Medicine Department, Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College (AMC), Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Syed Fawad Mashhadi, MBBS, MPH, MPhil, MCPS. Assistant Professor, Community Medicine Department, Army Medical College (AMC), Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Azfar Bilal, House Officers, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Tayyeba Anam, House Officers, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Skogheim TS, Vollrath ME. Associations of Child Temperament with Child Overweight and Breakfast Habits: A Population Study in Five-Year-Olds. Nutrients 2015; 7:10116-28. [PMID: 26633494 PMCID: PMC4690074 DOI: 10.3390/nu7125522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 11/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study examines the associations of child temperament with overweight/obesity and breakfast habits. Participants were 17,409 five-year-olds whose mothers partake in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), and completed a questionnaire at the child’s 5th birthday. Temperament was assessed as externalizing, internalizing and sociable temperament. Breakfast habits differentiated between “every day”, “4 to 6 times a week”, and “0 to 3 times a week”. The child’s weight status was determined by Body Mass Index-percentiles and categorized as normal weight versus overweight/obese. Children with externalizing temperament had higher odds of being overweight and higher odds of not eating breakfast daily. Children high in internalizing temperament had higher odds of not eating breakfast daily, but not of being overweight. Children with average scores of sociability were more prone to being overweight but had normal breakfast habits. All results were adjusted for key confounders. That five-year-olds high in externalizing temperament had a higher risk to be overweight adds important information to the literature. The association of externalizing temperament with child breakfast habits so early in life is intriguing, as parents mostly control eating patterns in children that young. Mechanisms mediating this association should be explored.
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo 0403, Norway.
- Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo 0373, Norway.
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Liu J, Cao S, Chen Z, Raine A, Hanlon A, Ai Y, Zhou G, Yan C, Leung PW, McCauley L, Pinto-Martin J. Cohort Profile Update: The China Jintan Child Cohort Study. Int J Epidemiol 2015; 44:1548, 1548a-1548al. [PMID: 26323725 PMCID: PMC4707195 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The China Jintan Child Cohort study began in 2004 with 1656 pre-school participants and a research focus on studying the impact of environmental exposures, such as lead, on children's neurobehavioural outcomes. This population cohort now includes around 1000 of the original participants, who have been assessed three times over a period of 10 years. Since the original IJE cohort profile publication in 2010, participants have experienced a critical developmental transition from pre-school to school age and then adolescence. The study has also witnessed an increase in breadth and depth of data collection from the original aim of risk assessment. This cohort has added new directions to investigate the mechanisms and protective factors for the relationship between early health factors and child physical and mental health outcomes, with an emphasis on neurobehavioural consequences. The study now encompasses 11 domains, composed of repeated measures of the original variables and new domains of biomarkers, sleep, psychophysiology, neurocognition, personality, peer relationship, mindfulness and family dynamics. Depth of evaluation has increased from parent/teacher report to self/peer report and intergenerational family report. Consequently, the cohort has additional directions to include: (i) classmates of the original cohort participants for peer relationship assessment; and (ii) parental and grandparental measures to assess personality and dynamics within families. We welcome interest in our study and ask investigators to contact the corresponding author for additional information on data acquisition.
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- Jianghong Liu
- Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA,
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- Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Schools of Nursing and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Xinhua Hospital, MOE-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China
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- Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Stevenson RJ, Prescott J. Human diet and cognition. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. COGNITIVE SCIENCE 2015; 5:463-475. [PMID: 26308656 DOI: 10.1002/wcs.1290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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UNLABELLED Cognition influences what, when and how much we eat, which in turn affects the brain and hence cognition. In this overview, focusing mainly on the human literature, we start by examining cognitive influences on food and eating. This includes food preferences and choices (e.g., effects of learning, advertising, and cultural taboos), food habits relating to when and how much to eat (e.g., the concept of meals, dieting, and hunger strikes), the perception of food (e.g., the influence of appearance, food labels, and conceptions of naturalness), and how food perception is influenced by expertise. We also review how these various influences are disrupted by abnormalities of cognition (e.g., Gourmand syndrome, amnesia, and anorexia nervosa). The second part of the overview focuses on how diet affects cognition. We start by looking at the acute effects of diet, notably the impact of breakfast on cognitive performance in children. This is followed by a review of the effects of extended dietary exposures-years and lifetimes of particular diets. Here we look at the impacts of protein-energy malnourishment and Western-style diets, and their different, but adverse affects on cognition, and the beneficial effects on cognition of breast-feeding and certain dietary practices. We then outline how diet and cooking may have allowed the evolution of the large energy-hungry human brain. This overview serves to illustrate the multiple interactions that exist between cognition and diet, their importance to health and disease, and their impact on thinking about the role of conscious processes in decision making. WIREs Cogn Sci 2014, 5:463-475. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1290 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article.
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- TasteMatters Research and Consulting, Florence, Italy
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Fulford J, Varley-Campbell JL, Williams CA. The effect of breakfast versus no breakfast on brain activity in adolescents when performing cognitive tasks, as assessed by fMRI. Nutr Neurosci 2015; 19:110-5. [PMID: 26073190 DOI: 10.1179/1476830515y.0000000011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The study examined the feasibility of utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with a group of adolescent boys and girls to assess modifications in cognitive function, dependent upon the nutritional state of the participants. METHODS Twenty children aged 12-14 years completed two cognitive trials, in a randomized counterbalanced order, one under fasting condition, one after consuming breakfast, during which continuous fMRI data were acquired. RESULTS Although no statistically significant (P > 0.05) improvement in task performance was determined, significantly higher activation was recorded in the frontal, premotor, and primary visual cortex areas in the breakfast trial relative to the fasting condition. DISCUSSION Such a finding may have important implications in the examination of the role of diet, and specifically breakfast, in determining children's performance within the school environment.
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- Jonathan Fulford
- a Exeter NIHR Clinical Research Facility, Medical School , University of Exeter , UK
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- b Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , University of Exeter , UK
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- b Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences , University of Exeter , UK
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The role of adolescent nutrition and physical activity in the prediction of verbal intelligence during early adulthood: a genetically informed analysis of twin pairs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2015; 12:385-401. [PMID: 25568969 PMCID: PMC4306868 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120100385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A large body of research has revealed that nutrition and physical activity influence brain functioning at various stages of the life course. Nevertheless, very few studies have explored whether diet and exercise influence verbal intelligence as youth transition from adolescence into young adulthood. Even fewer studies have explored the link between these health behaviors and verbal intelligence while accounting for genetic and environmental factors that are shared between siblings. Employing data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the current study uses a sample of same-sex twin pairs to test whether youth who engage in poorer fitness and nutritional practices are significantly more likely to exhibit reduced verbal intelligence during young adulthood. The results suggests that, independent of the effects of genetic and shared environmental factors, a number of nutritional and exercise factors during adolescence influence verbal intelligence during adulthood. Limitations are noted and suggestions for future research are outlined.
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The emerging role of dietary fructose in obesity and cognitive decline. Nutr J 2013; 12:114. [PMID: 23924506 PMCID: PMC3751294 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The incidence of obesity has increased dramatically over the past several years, and in parallel, so has the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Numerous studies have demonstrated that both obesity and T2D are associated with lower cognitive performance, cognitive decline, and dementia. Intake of dietary fructose has also increased. In fact, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) accounts for as much as 40% of caloric sweeteners used in the United States. Given the increase in the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), characterized by an age-related decline in memory and cognitive functioning, in this report we review the effects of obesity on cognitive performance and the impact of high fructose intake in promoting cognitive decline. The paper then considers the effects of omega-3 fatty acids (FAs), which have been linked to promising results in cognitive function including ameliorating the impact of a high-fructose diet.
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