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The effect of the consumption of water on the memory and attention of children

David Benton, Naomi Burgess

Appetite, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 143 - 146

Swansea University Author: David Benton

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.appet.2009.05.006

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The impact of asking children to drink water during their school days, and its possible influence on schoolperformance, has been little considered using intervention studies. Therefore in the afternoon thecognitive functioning of 40 children (mean of 8 years and 7 months) was assessed twice, once af...

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ISSN: 0195-6663
Published: 2009
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