Ultra-processed Food Consumption and Behavioral Disorder and Cognitive Function
ConditionADD/ADHD
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-15
SponsorChina Medical University Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this interventional study is to determine whether reducing ultra-processed food consumption in children and adolescents can improve cognitive function. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does reducing ultra-processed food consumption through online nutritional education improve cognitive function in children and adolescents with attention difficulties? Researchers will compare a nutritional education group to a non-intervention group to assess whether reducing ultra-processed food intake leads to cognitive improvement.
Participants will:
Attend a weekly online nutritional education course for 12 weeks Be encouraged to replace ultra-processed foods with whole foods
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
10-15 years old
Diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or identified as having learning difficulties based on a specialist's or teacher's recommendation.
>=six types or six servings of ultra-processed foods daily
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Nutritional education group
BehavioralAttend a weekly online nutritional education course for 12 weeks
Treatment groups
154 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Nutritional education groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Cognitive function
Cognitive function will be assessed using selected tasks from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB), covering multiple cognitive domains. CANTAB does not provide a single total score; each task generates task-specific outcome measures. Higher accuracy scores and lower reaction times or error rates generally indicate better cognitive performance.
Time frame
Baseline and after the intervention (at 12 weeks)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov