Correlation of nutritional status with academic achievement in adolescents

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Sinurat, R.S.^1 ; Sembiring, T.^2 ; Azlin, E.^2 ; Faranita, T.^2 ; Pratita, W.^2

RSUD Tarutung, Child Health Staff, H. Agus Salim street no.1, North Tapanuli, North Sumatera, Indonesia^1

Department of Child Health, Medical Faculty, Universitas Sumatera Utara, H. Adam Malik General Hospital, Medan, Indonesia^2

关键词: Academic achievements;    Cognitive functions;    Cross-sectional study;    Intelligence quotients;    Junior high schools;    Learning abilities;    Positive correlations;    Spearman correlation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012226/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012226

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Malnutrition is considered a problem that limits learning ability (cognitive function), which is related to poor academic achievement results. This study aimed to determine the relationship of nutritional status with academic achievement in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 126 junior high school students ranging from 12 to 15 years in Batubara, North Sumatra in January 2015. Nutritional status is determined by weight for height. Academic achievement was recorded from the final results of their school exams. The value of intelligence quotient (IQ) was assessed by using the Aptitude Test. Data were then analyzed by using Spearman correlation and Chi-Square test. In conclusion, there was no significant difference between nutritional status with IQ score (p=0,540) but showed a significant relationship (p=0.003) between normal nutritional status with the total value of the report card with positive weak correlation strength (r=0.342). There was also a significant difference (p=0.020) and moderate positive correlation (r=0.541) between overweight with academic achievement based on mathematics.