Benefits of a Higher Protein, 'Egg-cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom

Purdue University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Behavior; Obesity; Mood; Breakfast

Treatments: Other: 'Egg-cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom; Other: Breakfast in the Classroom

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03536676

17120035

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 91 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All students from the Center Middle School in Kansas City, MO who choose to participate and whose parent/legal guardian (excluding Wards of the State) signs the consent will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Wards of the State will be excluded from this study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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91 participants in 2 patient groups

Traditional School Breakfast Program

Active Comparator group

Description:

The breakfasts for the 3-week program will adhere to the United States Department of Agriculture nutrition requirements for Grades 6-8.

Treatment:

Other: Breakfast in the Classroom

'Egg-Cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom

Experimental group

Description:

The breakfasts for the 3-week program will adhere to the United States Department of Agriculture nutrition requirements for Grades 6-8 but will include an additional 2 large eggs/breakfast.

Treatment:

Other: 'Egg-cellent' Breakfast in the Classroom