Abstract #4167
The role of breakfast on cognitive function in adolescents-an fMRI study
Joanna L Varley 1 , Jonathan Fulford 2 , and Craig A Williams 1
1
Children's Health & Exercise Research
Centre, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United
Kingdom,
2
Exeter
NIHR Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter,
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Previous studies have indicated the detrimental effect
of missing breakfast on cognitive performance in school.
The aim was to investigate the feasibility of utilizing
functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) techniques with
children and to examine changes in brain activity when
undertaking cognitive tasks between a breakfast fasted
and satiated state. Significant positive activations
were found in Broadmann areas 6, 17 and 45 when
comparing the satiated state to the fasted. The findings
show that the impact of breakfast consumption can be
observed through fMRI activated areas of the brain when
completing cognitive tasks, compared to a fasted state
in children.
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