Impact+of+Eating+Breakfast

 ﻿ Revised Date: 6/16/11 ===﻿ ===

The purpose of this experiment is to see if not eating breakfast affects your health and if it causes you to become more tired. We will use a quiz as a standard for the week to see if our alertness during the day is improved when we eat breakfast during the week.
 * ABSTRACT **

I will be testing two girls of the age of 18. They are of average body weight and in good physical condition. For three weeks they will eat breakfast each day and document how much they ate for each breakfast. The first week they will not eat breakfast at all. The second week they will eat breakfast every day (twenty minutes in your target heart range) but will have a small portion of food, such as a cup of cereal. The last week they will eat properly and only healthy food, such as fruits, vegetable, and toast. After each day they will take the breakfast deprived quiz and record how many questions they answer yes. Over the whole testing period, I will compare the data to see if eating breakfast effects your health in a way that improves how much breakfast you eat.
 * PROCEDURES **


 * // Are you tired? //**Take this mini-quiz*—eyes wide open—to see how you fare in the sleep department.


 * 1) Do you need an alarm in order to wake?
 * 2) Is it usually a struggle to get out of bed?
 * 3) Do you hit the snooze button several times?
 * 4) Do you feel tired, irritable and stressed out during the week?
 * 5) Do you have trouble concentrating and remembering?
 * 6) Does your critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity seem slowed?
 * 7) Do you often fall asleep watching TV?
 * 8) Do you often fall asleep after dinner?
 * 9) Do you usually fall asleep within a couple of minutes of getting into bed?
 * 10) Do you feel drowsy while driving?
 * 11) Do you often sleep in on weekends?
 * 12) Do you need a nap to get through most days?
 * 13) Do you have dark circles under your eyes?
 * 14) Have you ever had an accident or near accident at work or while driving?
 * 15) Are you a restless sleeper?
 * 16) Do you have trouble falling asleep?
 * 17) Do you have trouble staying asleep?
 * 18) Do you wake too early or wake, still feeling tired?
 * 19) Do you feel unpleasant tingling, creeping feelings or nervousness in your legs when trying to fall asleep?
 * 20) Do you snore?


 * MEASUREMENTS **


 * __week of no breakfast__**
 * Chan-Young || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 8 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 7 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 9 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 7 yeses ||
 * Friday || 6 yeses ||
 * Average || 7.4 yeses ||


 * Sohee || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 8 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 7 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 8 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 9 yeses ||
 * Friday || 7 yeses ||
 * Average || 7.8 yeses ||


 * __week of eating small portion of breakfast__**

Type of food: 1 cup of cereal (Pops, Rice Krispy)
 * Chan-Young || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 6 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 6 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 7 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 8 yeses ||
 * Friday || 7 yeses ||
 * Average || 6.8 yeses ||

Type of food: 1 cup of cereal (Special K)
 * Sohee || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 7 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 7 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 7 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 7 yeses ||
 * Friday || 7 yeses ||
 * Average || 7 yeses ||

Type of food: fresh frut. Oatmeal
 * __Week of eating full healthy breakfast__**
 * Chan-Young || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 5 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 4 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 3 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 4 yeses ||
 * Friday || 5 yeses ||
 * Average || 4.2 yeses ||

Type of food:fresh fruits, oatmeal
 * Sohee || Number of answers yes ||
 * Monday || 5 yeses ||
 * Tuesday || 4 yeses ||
 * Wednesday || 3 yeses ||
 * Thursday || 3 yeses ||
 * Friday || 5 yeses ||
 * Average || 4 yeses ||

For the weeks of no breakfast, I got an average of 7.6 yeses. For the week with eating a small portion of breakfast, I got an average of 6.9 yeses. For the week eating a healthy full breakfast, I got an average of 4.1 yeses. Also, there was a difference in how rested you feel to how much was eaten for breakfast that week. Eating healthy a breakfast and eating the right amount of breakfast will make you more rested. In addition, the girls could exercise or focus better at school when they had breakfast. For instance, on the Bible verse test, they both got a higher score when they had breakfast, even though there were more verses to memorize. If I could do it again, I would have given the experiment more trials and I would also try what happens if you over eat for breakfast. It was the difference I thought it was going to be.
 * __Table of data__**
 * Trial || average yeses ||
 * no breakfast || 7.6 ||
 * Small portion of breakfast || 6.9 ||
 * Eating full health breakfast || 4.1 ||
 * Difference || 3.5 yeses ||
 * FINDINGS **

Link to the sight for the quiz-[]