FIGURE 4.
Perceived alertness across the day following each snack pattern in healthy adults. Panel A depicts the time course, whereas Panel B depicts the 360-min net incremental area under the curve (niAUC). Alertness assessed using a 100-mm visual analog scale; Values are means ± SEM, n = 39. White triangle denotes lunch; black triangle denotes snack. Different letters denote significance, post hoc pairwise comparisons, P < 0.05. BARS, granola bars; HUMMUS, hummus and pretzels snack; NO SNACK, no afternoon snack.