So Young Kim|Songyong Sim|Bumjung Park|Il Gyu Kong|Jin Hwan Kim|Hyo Geun Choi
Dietary Habits Are Associated With School Performance in Adolescents
several studies suggest dietary habits associated poor academic performance however studies evaluated relations adjusting numerous confounding factors study evaluated frequency various diet items fruit soft drinks fast foods instant noodles confections vegetables milk regularity meal times breakfast lunch dinner total 359264 participants aged 12 18 years old pooled korea youth risk behavior webbased survey kyrbws 2009 2013 period dietary habits last 7 days surveyed including regularity consuming breakfast lunch dinner frequency eating fruits soft drinks fast foods instant noodles confections vegetables milk physical activity obesity region residence subjective assessment health stress level economic level parental education level collected study participants school performance classified 5 levels adjusted odds ratios aors dietary habits school performance analyzed using multinomial logistic regression analyses complex sampling structural equation modeling used analyze effects diet factors school performance considering effects variables diet factors school performance frequent intakes breakfast aor 234 95 confidence interval ci 220248 fruits aor 173 95 ci 162186 vegetables aor 148 95 ci 137161 milk aor 135 95 ci 128143 related high levels school performance p 0001 contrast soft drinks aor 042 95 ci 038046 instant noodles aor 062 95 ci 055070 fast food aor 083 95 ci 072096 confectionary aor 086 95 ci 080093 negatively associated school performance p 0001 study confirms previous studies school performance dietary habits find positive association eating breakfast consuming fruits milk negative relation soft drinks instant noodles fast foods confections