Analysis of the Quality of Diet and Academic Performance in Rural Primary School Students

Q3 Medicine

NeuroRegulation Pub Date : 2021-03-28 DOI:10.15540/NR.8.1.14

P. Carrillo-López, A. R. Guillamón, E. G. Cantó, José Enrique Moral García, J. P. Soto

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Abstract

The aim was to analyze the relationship between the quality of diet and academic performance in rural primary school students, a cross-sectional study made up of 181 rural schoolchildren (8.75 ± 1.79 years) from the island of Fuerteventura. Academic performance was calculated through the average grade in the subjects described in Royal Decree 126/2014, February 28th. The quality of the Mediterranean diet was assessed through the KIDMED questionnaire. The one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test did not reflect statistically significant differences in academic performance as a function of the quality of the Mediterranean diet, neither in men nor in women ( p > .005). The multinomial logistic regression test after adjusting for sex and age, reflected that schoolchildren with a higher quality of diet were more likely to have passed the areas of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences when compared to their failed peers ( p < .05). Thus, a higher quality of the diet in rural primary schoolchildren seems to be associated with passing the areas of Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Health promotion professionals in the school environment must consider the positive role that diet can play in academic performance and start programs to promote healthy eating among schoolchildren.

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农村小学生饮食质量与学习成绩分析

目的是分析农村小学生的饮食质量与学习成绩之间的关系，这是一项横断面研究，由富特文图拉岛的181名农村学童（8.75±1.79岁）组成。根据2014年2月28日颁布的第126/2014号皇家法令中所述科目的平均成绩计算学习成绩。地中海饮食的质量通过KIDMED问卷进行评估。单因素方差分析（ANOVA）检验没有反映出作为地中海饮食质量函数的学习成绩在统计学上的显著差异，无论是男性还是女性（p>.005），反映出，与失败的同龄人相比，饮食质量较高的学童更有可能通过社会科学和自然科学领域的考试（p＜0.05）。因此，农村小学生的饮食质量较高似乎与通过社会科学或自然科学领域有关。学校环境中的健康促进专业人员必须考虑饮食对学习成绩的积极作用，并启动促进学童健康饮食的计划。

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NeuroRegulation Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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2.50

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19 weeks

期刊介绍： NeuroRegulation is a peer-reviewed journal providing an integrated, multidisciplinary perspective on clinically relevant research, treatment, reviews, and public policy for neuroregulation and neurotherapy. NeuroRegulation publishes important findings in these fields with a focus on electroencephalography (EEG), neurofeedback (EEG biofeedback), quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG), psychophysiology, biofeedback, heart rate variability, photobiomodulation, repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (rTMS) and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS); with a focus on treatment of psychiatric, mind-body, and neurological disorders. In addition to research findings and reviews, it is important to stress that publication of case reports is always useful in furthering the advancement of an intervention for both clinical and normative functioning. We strive for high quality and interesting empirical topics presented in a rigorous and scholarly manner. The journal draws from expertise inside and outside of the International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR) to deliver material which integrates the diverse aspects of the field, to include: *basic science *clinical aspects *treatment evaluation *philosophy *training and certification issues *technology and equipment