Leslie A Lytle, Jerri Ward, Phillip R Nader, Sheryl Pedersen, B J Williston
Maintenance of a health promotion program in elementary schools: results from the CATCH-ON study key informant interviews
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
study aimed identify impact malnutrition academic performance children ethiopia protocol study registered prospero registration number crd42021242269 comprehensive search studies hinary medline via pubmed embase cochrane library scopus google scholar google conducted published unpublished studies conducted effect forms malnutrition academic performance elementary school children ethiopia using english language included quality articles assessed using joanna briggs institute critical appraisal tool pooled log odds ratio 95 confidence interval determined identify effect malnutrition academic performance isquare statistics applied check degree heterogeneity studies presence publication small study bias assessed funnel plots eggers weighted regression test beggs rank correlation test total 10 studies included study pooled prevalence good academic performance among elementary school students ethiopia 58 95 confidence interval 48 69 stunting odds ratio 048 95 confidence interval 030 079 underweight odds ratio 038 95 confidence interval 027 053 iodine deficiency odds ratio 049 95 confidence interval 031 078 significant association academic performance rural residence odds ratio 061 95 confidence interval 044 083 female odds ratio 053 95 confidence interval 037 077 uneducated parent odds ratio 051 95 confidence interval 044 058 also factors associated good academic performance primary school children ethiopia study concluded malnutrition form stunting underweight iodine deficiency affected academic performance elementary school children ethiopia ministry health worked better strengthen nutrition intervention critical periods brain development