A randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study with parallel groups investigating a 6 week intervention in 6-8 year old school children of phospholipid containing milk drink vs. placebo milk drink. Participants were familiarised with the test battery and IQ (Wechsler abbreviated scale of intelligence) and colour blindness (Ishihara test) measurements were taken prior to the intervention. Milk drink taste testing and milk preference selection was also carried out prior to the intervention. The test battery was administered at baseline (week 0), midpoint (week 3) and endpoint (week 6), and the milk intervention was given Monday - Friday at school shortly before their mid-morning break over a 6 week period. This study design, including both the test days and morning milk supplementation, was intended to emulate the children's normal routine as far as possible. The milk drink was a supplement to the children's usual diet.
Six week RCT intervention on the effects of phospholipid containing milk drink vs. placebo milk drink on cognitive performance in 6-8 year old school children.