The association between body mass index and academic performance

Alswat, Khaled; Alshehri, Abdullah; Aljuaid, Tariq A.; Alzaidi, Bassam A.; Alasmari, Hassan

doi:10.15537/smj.2017.2.16320

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“…Our previous findings of studies carried out in Chile and those from other countries did not find any associations between the current nutritional status (according to Z-BMI) and SA; these results confirmed that Z-BMI is not suitable to explain SA [37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46]. …”

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Overnutrition and Scholastic Achievement: Is There a Relationship An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Flores¹,

Orellana²,

Leyton³

et al. 2018

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between overnutrition and scholastic achievement (SA). Methods: A representative and proportional sample of 477 children of the 5th elementary school grade of both genders was randomly chosen during 2010, in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. SA was measured through the 2009 Education Quality Measurement System (SIMCE) tests of language (LSA), mathematics (MSA) and understanding of the natural environment (UNESA). Current nutritional status was assessed through the body mass index Z-score (Z-BMI). Nutritional quality of diet, schedule exercise, socioeconomic status, family, and educational variables were also recorded. Four and 8 years later, SA was assessed through the 2013 SIMCE and the University Selection Test (2017 PSU), respectively. Results: Socioeconomic status, the number of repeated school years, and maternal schooling were strong predictors of 2009 SIMCE and the independent variables with the greatest explanatory power for LSA (Model R^{2 =} 0.178; p < 0.00001) variances, besides of gender for MSA (Model R² = 0.205; p< 0.00001) and UNESA (Model R² = 0.272; p < 0.00001). Overnourished children did not have significantly lower 2009 and 2013 SIMCE and 2017 PSU outcomes. Conclusions: These results confirm that overnourished children did not achieve significantly lower SA.

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Overnutrition and Scholastic Achievement: Is There a Relationship An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Flores¹,

Orellana²,

Leyton³

et al. 2018

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“…But had better percentage in class attendance than the overweight participants (Table 8). This finding is similar 16 to the finding of Alswat KA et al showing no correlation between the BMI and academic performance.…”

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Dietary habits and body weight status of Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh and their Influence on Academic Performance

Sikder¹,

Alam²,

Talukder³

2019

Bangla J Med Educ

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This cross sectional descriptive study was conducted to explore the dietary habits and body weight status of undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh and their influence on academic performance. The study period was from July 2017 to June 2018. The sample size was 907. Medical colleges were selected purposively and convenience sampling technique was adopted for data collection. The study was carried out among the students of 3rd and 4th phase MBBS course of five public and three non-government medical colleges of Dhaka and outside Dhaka. Academic performance was determined by the results of professional examinations and class attendance. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used. Among the respondents medical students 330 (36.5%) were males and 575 (63.5%) were females. Descriptive statistics were used to identify the dietary practices of the students. Chi squared test and unpaired t test were done to examine the influence of diets and BMI on academic performance. The study revealed that 535 (59.9%) students took three main meals regularly. Breakfast was the commonest meal skipped among 230 (24%) students altogether. Among the respondents students, 652 (73.2%) took first class proteins daily, 398 (44.8%) vegetables daily and only 85 ((9.6%) students took fruits daily. 661 (74.4%) of the students belonged to healthy BMI group and 73 (8.2%) students were underweight, 12 (1.4%) students were obese and 3 (0.3%) were morbidly obese. Gender wise there was no significant difference of BMI. The study further revealed that students who took first class protein daily had better performance in the professional examinations. Skipping of breakfast and consumption of vegetable and fruits did not affect students' academic performance. The students with healthy BMI had higher percentage in class attendance than the overweight students. The study recommended that steps to be taken to implement healthy dietary practices among the medical students for positive influence on academic performance. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.10(2) 2019: 6-11

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“…It was conducted between April 2014 and June 2015 [15]. The research proposal was approved by the ethical committee at Taif University School of Medicine.…”

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Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Obesity Awareness in School Students

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BackgroundThe primary aim was to assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among the participants and its relationship to obesity awareness.MethodsA cross-sectional study that included intermediate and high schools students was conducted between April 2014 and June 2015. Anthropometric measurements were obtained by the researchers and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. We used the obesity risk knowledge (ORK-10) scale to assess obesity awareness. Participants who answered ≥ 5 out of 10 questions correctly were considered to be aware.ResultA total of 528 students were enrolled (mean age, 15.58 years). The mean BMI was 22.37 kg/m2, and 27.6% were either overweight or obese. The mean ORK-10 score was 3.15 and 25.4% were considered to be aware. Compared to those who were non-aware, participants in the aware group were more likely to be older (P < 0.001), male (P < 0.001), attend high school (P < 0.001), eat dinner with their families (P = 0.021), eat fruit at least daily (P = 0.027), and consider obesity to be a disease (P < 0.001).ConclusionOnly 25.4% of students who participated were considered to be aware about obesity. Those who were aware were more likely to be older male high school students.

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The association between body mass index and academic performance

Cited by 40 publications

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Overnutrition and Scholastic Achievement: Is There a Relationship An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Overnutrition and Scholastic Achievement: Is There a Relationship An 8-Year Follow-Up Study

Dietary habits and body weight status of Undergraduate Medical Students of Bangladesh and their Influence on Academic Performance

Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Obesity Awareness in School Students

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