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kristine_elen
09-02-2006, 10:16 AM
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5738848

excerpt: Last year, Tufts University psychologist Holly Taylor had one group of children eat sweetened oatmeal for breakfast while another ate Cap'n Crunch cereal. Then both groups were given academic tasks, like memorizing the names of countries on a map. The oatmeal eaters did up to 20 percent better than the Crunch consumers.