Nutrition and Cognitive Function in Preadolescents

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02636998

Enrollment

116

Registered

2015-12-22

Start date

2015-06-30

Completion date

2025-12-31

Last updated

2025-01-29

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Conditions

Healthy Children

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

9 Years to 11 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Psychological assessments	9-10 years	Standardized assessments
Neurocognitive measures	9-10 years	Brain Lab Recordings

Countries

United States

Outcome results