Effects of a Nutritionally Balanced Between-Meal Food Product on Brain Function in Older Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (the MiniMeal Study)

Lina Tingö   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Jort Veen   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Pernilla Andersson   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Myrto Chatzopoulou   ¹ , MSci ;   Julia Rode   ^{1, 3, 4} , PhD ;   Kristina Andersson   ⁵ , PhD ;   Işılay Kaya   ⁵ , MSc ;   Ana Rascón   ^{5, 6} , Prof Dr ;   Peter Edholm   ^{4, 7} , PhD ;   Robert Brummer   ^{1, 3} , Prof Dr Med ;   Cecilia Bergh   ^{3, 4, 8 *} , PhD ;   Ashley N Hutchinson   ^{1, 3 *} , PhD

¹ Nutrition-Gut-Brain Interactions Research Center, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

² Medicine and Caring Sciences, Department of Health, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

³ Food and Health Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

⁴ School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

⁵ Glucanova AB, Lund, Sweden

⁶ Department of Process and Life Science Engineering, Division of Food and Pharma, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

⁷ Department of Environmental and Bioscience, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden

⁸ Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

*these authors contributed equally