Nutritional status and academic achievement in school 7 to 14 years of "my Jesus college" La EraLima, 2016

• Autores: Saintila, Jacksaint, Rodríguez Vásquez, Mery
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/185
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/185
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: : Nutritional status, academic performance. BMI. H/A. children; Estado nutricional, rendimiento académico. IMC. T/E. niños

Objective: This research seeks to determine the relationship between nutritional status and academic achievementin 7 to 14-year-old students of Mi Jesus School, La Era, Lima, 2016. Materials and methods: A quantitativeapproach was used, cross-sectional design non-experimental and descriptive-correlational. Participants were 80elementary students from 1st through 6th grade and 1st through 2nd grade secondary level. The instruments usedto assess the nutritional status were an anthropometric record form (Body Mass Index and height for the age),and the assessment of protein and minerals intake was through the 24-hour recall. In addition, school recordswere used to assess academic performance. Results: The results showed that 53.8% of 7 to 14-year-old studentsfrom My Jesus School had a BMI within the standard ranges. We also found that more than half (61.3%) ofstudents presented an adequate height for their age. 70% have achieved an adequate performance (betweenoutstanding achievement and expected achievement). It was also demonstrated that from the entire sample, morethan half (56.3%) of students have a normal intake of protein and 53.8% have a normal intake of iron and zinc.Conclusions: it was found that there is a statistically significant relationship between BMI, the H/A, proteinintake and minerals with academic performance (p <.05).