Which of the following is characteristic of children who regularly eat breakfast or skip breakfast?

a. Breakfast-skippers actually show lower scores on IQ tests than those who eat breakfast.
b. Attention spans are similar but a significant number of breakfast-skippers show hyperglycemia.
c. Breakfast-skippers initially show decreased mental performance but with time they adapt and show almost identical achievements.
d. Breakfast-skippers who change to eating breakfast show a temporary improvement in mental concentration but also a moderate degree of hypoglycemia.
e. Children who skip breakfast and often quite thin and malnourished.


ANS: A

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