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Running head: ACADEMIC ACHEIVEMENT & NUTRITION 1

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Academic Achievement & Nutrition

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Univer#it$ o' Tenne##ee

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Academic Achievement & Nutrition

Introduction:

In order 'or chidren to achieve academic #ucce## the$ need )e$ nutrient# i)e vitamin#*

minera#* 'at* and +rotein in their diet, Ho-ever* man$ chidren are not receiving the#e crucia

nutrient#, Tho#e that have a diet that ha# more 'ruit# and vegeta.e#* o-er tota 'at inta)e* a#

-e a# high amount o' +rotein have .etter/0uait$ academic achievement, !tudent# -ho are

hungr$ and under nouri#hed tend to have their #choo +er'ormance a''ected and do not have high

academic achievement in #choo, "roviding heath$ and nutritiou# mea# 'or #tudent# can

contri.ute to their academic #ucce## and achievement,

Academic Achievement and Nutrition:

Chidren and their .rain# and .odie# are con#tant$ gro-ing throughout eementar$*

unior high and high #choo, Nutrition +a$# a critica roe in the ive# o' chidren and their

education,It ha# .een argued that .eing heath$ and having a nutritiou# diet are im+ortant 'or

academic achievement and higher education, 2hen a chid i# under nouri#hed and hungr$ the$

tend to have a #o-er memor$ reca* h$+eractive and attention +ro.em#* more i)e$ to have

di#ci+e i##ue#* and o-er te#t# #core# 34Michigan Nutrition !tandard#5* n,d,6, Chidren need %/7

#ma 're0uent mea# a da$ to achieve a +ro+er .aanced diet that -i +rovide them -ith the

nece##ar$ nutrient# to he+ -ith academia, The a++ro+riate 0uantit$ o' heath$ 'ood inta)e i#

vita 'or .oth .rain gro-th and deveo+ment in chidren, Im+rovement in the nutritiona 0uait$

o' a #tudent#8 diet i# a##ociated -ith academic .ene'it#, It i# cear that .$ con#i#tent$ eating the

ade0uate amount o' nutrient/den#e 'ood# -i he+ a chid8# diet* and automatica$ reduce the

+o##i.iit$ 'or cognitive im+airment# 34Center# 'or Di#ea#e Contro and "revention5* (116,

2ith chidren #+ending mo#t o' their time in the #choo #etting* educator# are he+ing to

+romote the heath and #a'et$ o' $oung +eo+e and e#ta.i#h i'eong heath$ eating .ehavior#,

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There ha# a#o .e re#earch done that #ho-n #choo heath +rogram# can reduce the occurrence o'

heath ri#)# among chidren and have a +o#itive e''ect on their academic #ucce## 32oodhou#e &

9am+ort* (1(6, Ao-ing 'or more ca##room time to .e #+ent on heath and nutrition education

can he+ to im+rove the nutrition o' chidren,

Man$ #tudie# ho-ever 'ocu# on manutrition and 'ood +rogram im+ementation in the

communitie# and #choo#, !tudie# a#o 'ocu#ing on vitamin and minera inta)e ver#u# 'u mea

intervention# have .een great$ re#earched, The negative e''ect# o' #)i++ing or mi##ing .rea)'a#t

ha# received the mo#t amount o' re#earch .eing that .rea)'a#t ha# .een ca##i'ied a# the mo#t

crucia mea o' the da$, In man$ ca#e# ho-ever* #)i++ing a mea negative$ a''ected the .od$

and it# earning a.iitie# 3Ro##* (16, Recent$ there ha# .een re#earch that ha# .egun to e+ain

the connection .et-een +h$#ica activit$ and a chid8# academic +er'ormance, Evidence #ugge#t#

that e''ort# to im+rove nutrition and increa#e +h$#ica activit$ in #choo ma$ .ene'it im+roving

the academic +er'ormance 3!tor$ et a,* (;6,Ho-ever* there are a ac) o' #tudie# that 'ocu# on

ho- direct 'ood inta)e can e''ect im+roved education in chidren o' a age#,

Study Design:

Thi# #tud$ de#ign -i mea#ure the reation#hi+ .et-een nutrition and mea inta)e -ith

academic achievement in eementar$ aged chidren,

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At the #tart o' thi# #tud$* I -i +rovide chidren and +arent# a dietar$ #urve$, Thi# #urve$

-i a##e## the amount o' 'ood a chid eat# at a mea* the 0uait$ o' 'ood the$ receive* a# -e a#

ho- o'ten the chidren eat during the da$, Thi# #urve$ -i not #erve a# a mar)er o' a chid8#

-eath/#tatu# or their academic #tatu#, Thi# -i .e u#ed a #tart +oint to evauate the change in a

chid8# diet and nutrition education during the e+eriment, The #urve$ -i .e ta)en at the

eementar$ #choo at an arranged time that i# #chedued on .$ the guardian and #choo, Chidren

-i meet ever$ month -ith the #tud$ de#igner to ta)e a 'ood dietar$ #urve$, Thi# i# to note i'

there i# an$ change in the 'ood choice# chidren and 'amiie# are #eecting a# -e a# he+ing to

rein'orce the .etter 'ood item#,

Aong -ith a dietar$ #urve$* chidren -i com+ete the 2ech#er Inteigence !cae 'or

Chidren/III 32I!C/III6 to a##e## the genera inteigence 0uotient 3I?6 #core, Thi# te#t i#

de#igned 'or chidren age# ; to 1; to mea#ure inteectua +er'ormance o' an individua, The te#t

mea#ure# ver.a and +er'ormance area# o' inteigence, Ver.a #cae# mea#ure anguage*

rea#oning* memor$* a# -e a# genera )no-edge 34The 2ech#er Inteigence !cae#5* n,d,6,

"er'ormance #cae# mea#ure +ro.em/#oving #)i# and #e0uencing 34The 2ech#er Inteigence

!cae#5* n,d,6, Te#t# are admini#tered to individua eaminee# u#ing a com+e #et o' too# and

materia#, The te#t ta)e# a.out ninet$ minute# to com+ete* incuding the time it ta)e# to receive

#core#, !core# 'or the ver.a and +er'ormance #ection are converted to #tandard #core# -ith a

mean o' 1* then the t-o #ection# are added together to +roduce to overa I? #core, The #core#

are de#cri.ed in !tandard !core#, !tandard !core# have an average o' 1 and #core# -ithin 1

+oint# 'rom 1 are con#idered average 34The 2ech#er Inteigence !cae#5* n,d,6, The #core#

-i #erve a# a #tarting mar) 'or the #tud$ and -i .e u#ed a# a #tarting +oint to evauate an$

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change, The te#t -i ta)e +ace at #choo during an aotted time that i# 'ir#t #chedued .$ the

+arent and #choo,

Each chid invoved in the #tud$ -i .e given .rea)'a#t and unch -hie at #choo, The

#choo -i +rovide heath$ and nutritiou# 'ood o+tion# and 'oo- certain United !tate#

De+artment o' Agricuture 3U!DA6 guideine#, The norma +rice o' #choo .rea)'a#t and unche#

-i not change #o +arent# -i not .e a#)ed to +a$ an$ etra 'or the #tud$, A# com+en#ation 'or

the #tud$* 'amiie# -i .e given mone$ to +rovide dinner 'or the chidren, Thi# -i .e

con#idered the chid8# third mea o' the da$, A# +arent# and guardian# +urcha#e 'ood* the$ -i

need to .ring recei+t# to .e reim.ur#ed 'or their +urcha#e#,

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their +artici+ant# over a ong time 'rame and through variou# #ea#on# and +eriod# in a chid8#

i'e* +roviding much in#ight on the 'ood# and variou# activitie# in -hich chidren +arta)e,

Another +u# #ide o' thi# #tud$* i# that +artici+ate# and +arent# are notinconvenienced .$ the

#tud$ +rocedure or mone$,

!ince the #tud$ i# over a $ear ong* there coud .e a high amount o' +artici+ate dro+ out

-hich -oud a''ect the data ana$#i# on the #tud$, Man$ +arent# or guardian# ma$ a#o .e

reuctant to +artici+ant in the #tud$ due to the reim.ur#ement +oicie#,

Need:

Thi# #tud$ -i he+ to #ee that .$ +roviding three heath$ nutritiou# mea# a da$* there i#

a #igni'icant im+act and im+rovement in a chid8# academic achievement and +er'ormance, There

are ver$ 'e- #tudie# that 'ocu# on thi# t$+e o' an intervention and thi# -oud .e etreme$

.ene'icia in the 'ied o' +ediatric nutrition, Thi# #tud$ -oud a#o he+ 'uture #tud$ de#ign# and

coud a#o .e the .a#i# 'or a ne- #choo or communit$ +rogram intervention, !ince education i#

im+ortant in toda$8# #ociet$* chidren are in need o' a -e/.aanced diet to a##i#t -ith their

+er'ormance,

Conclusion:

Thi# #tud$ eamine# the reation#hi+ .et-een academic achievement and nutrition #tatu#

in chidren, $ .eing a-are and under#tanding .ene'it# o' nutrition* teacher# and #ta'' and earn

to dedicate more time to teach #u++orta.e nutrition and heath to chidren -hich -i rai#e

overa academic +er'ormance and te#t #core#, Through dietar$ #urve$# a# -e a# the 2I!C/III

te#t the nutritiona #tatu# and I? o' +artici+ant# i# achieved and ana$@ed, 2ith thi# #tud$ de#ign*

-e are a.e to direct$ intervene -ith 'ood and nutrition and determine the e''ect on a chid8# I?

#core, A -e/.aanced and nutritiou# diet he+# chidren to achieve high academic #ucce## and

reach their 'u +otentia,

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Michigan Nutrition !tandard#, 3(116,Linking Nutrition and Academic Achievement.Retrieved'rom htt+#:---,michigan,govdocument#mdchB/

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