Meal-Specific Dietary Patterns and Memory Functioning Across Two Studies

Two studies investigating the relationship between meal-specific dietary habits and memory performance in adults aged 20 to 90 years. The dataset, authored by Maria Kossowska-Wywiał and shared under CC-BY-4.0, includes subjective and objective memory measures linked to food consumption at specific meals. The file was last updated on 2026-04-28.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between supper composition and subjective memory ratings based on reported dietary habits.
• Investigating the link between Western-style or animal-based suppers and objective episodic recognition memory performance.
• Analyzing the role of specific supper components like cheese, milk-based products, and sweets on cognitive outcomes.
• Examining whether plant-based diet adherence mitigates negative cognitive effects of unhealthy supper choices.

Strengths

• Includes data from two distinct studies combining subjective and objective memory measures.
• Focuses on a specific age range (20-90 years) for adult cognitive research.
• Explicitly analyzes meal-specific consumption, a less common approach in dietary studies.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (18.8 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Research data from studies investigating dietary habits and cognitive function.

Time Range

Study period not specified in metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 04:24:36; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage of the participant pool is not specified.