Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03536676
Benefits of a Higher Protein, 'Egg-cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 91 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Purdue University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 10 Years – 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study will test whether whether the implementation of and Egg-cellent 'Breakfast in the Classroom' improves school breakfast participation and breakfast consumption in middle school adolescents; whether the implementation of 'Breakfast in the Classroom' improves appetite control, mood, cognitive performance, and unhealthy snacking behavior in middle school adolescents when compared to a traditional school breakfast program.
Detailed description
The investigators propose an 4-week cross-over design breakfast study in children enrolled in 6-8th grade within the Center School District in the Kansas City, Missouri. This school will begin their 'Breakfast in the Classroom' program on March 26, 2018. Prior to the start of 'Breakfast in the Classroom', baseline data will be collected on the students who wish to participate in the study. Baseline data includes anthropometric assessments; demographics; current eating habits; cognitive performance; appetite; and mood. Following baseline, the students will be provided a breakfast that meets all the requirements for a reimbursable school breakfast with the addition of two eggs for 3-weeks: At 4 weeks (3 weeks after initiation of the program), the study participants will complete a similar outcomes to those completed at baseline.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | 'Egg-cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom | Includes the additional 2 eggs per day |
| OTHER | Breakfast in the Classroom | Receives the standard meal for Breakfast in the Classroom |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-04-24
- Primary completion
- 2020-07-01
- Completion
- 2020-07-01
- First posted
- 2018-05-25
- Last updated
- 2022-01-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03536676. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.