We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
IMPORTANCIA DEL DESAYUNO EN EL ESTADO NUTRICIONAL Y EL PROCESAMIENTO DE LA INFORMACIÓN EN ESCOLARES.
- Authors
Martín Jofré, Jorge; Jesús Jofré, Marcos; Cristina Arenas, María; Azpiroz, Rosana; Ángel De Bortoli, Miguel
- Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the importance of the breakfast meal in children's nutritional status and mental processing. Anthropometric measures of 26 children (13 males, 6.3 to 6.9 years old) were used to evaluate nutrition levels. Eight tests of the K-ABC Kaufman battery were applied: numbers recall, word order, hand movements, gestalt closure, triangles, analog matrices, spatial memory and series of photos. The obtained K-ABC averages were inside normal ranges, with certain dispersion of values and decreased values for some (Z score of hand movements, triangles, numbers recall and sequential processing: -2.30, -1.50, -1.41 y -1.71 respectively). The children that didn't have breakfast showed diminished nutritional status and deficiencies in their sequential, simultaneous and composite mental processing.
- Subjects
BREAKFASTS; HEALTH of school children; NUTRITION &; psychology; MENTAL health; FOOD
- Publication
Universitas Psychologica, 2007, Vol 6, Issue 2, p371
- ISSN
1657-9267
- Publication type
Article