The relationship between breakfast, academic performance and vigilance in school aged children
Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This research was designed to investigate the relationship between breakfast habits and academic performance and vigilance in upper primary children.The content of breakfast consumed, the frequency of skipping breakfast, gender differences, social impacts and reasons for skipping breakfast in upper primary school children are also examined.There is little Australian research on children's breakfast habits or its relationship with academic performance and vigilance.Hence there is a need for research on this issue in the Australian context.The study involved 72 children of 5 th , 6 th and 7 th grades from two schools in Western Australia.Data were obtained in three ways (a) the children completed a questionnaire which explored their breakfast habits, (b) the class teachers recorded the classroom performance/grades based on their classroom evaluations, and behaviour of the children based on the observations, and (c) the children were then given three vigilance tasks
Author: Abdullah Khan
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Murdoch University
OpenAlex ID: W15439114