Nutrition and Cognitive Function in Preadolescents

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute1 site in 1 country116 target enrollmentJune 2015

ConditionsHealthy Children

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Healthy Children
Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Enrollment: 116
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Psychological assessments
Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This study is designed to evaluate cognitive function in preadolescents who have different body mass indexes.

Detailed Description

The investigators plan to document differences between normal weight and obese preadolescents on psychological and neurocognitive measures of executive function controlling for factors known to influence brain function and behavior not considered in previous studies.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

June 2015

End Date

December 2025

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Normal weight (BMI: \<85th percentile) or obese (BMI: \>95th percentile)
•Right hand dominance
•Report eating breakfast at least 4 days/week
•Able to hear at least 20 dB stimulus
•Visual acuity must be at least 20/40
•Arithmetic Computation Task
•Biological mother available to attend the enrollment study visit

Exclusion Criteria

•Full Scale IQ \<80
•Children taking medications or having chronic illnesses/disorders that may independently affect study outcome measures (as determined by the PI)