Diet and Performance (Child and Adolescent)

The CNP Diet and Performance Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake and child and adolescent performance. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.

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Higher diet quality in university students is associated with higher academic achievement: a cross-sectional study

This study (2019) assessing the association between dietary intake and academic achievement among Australian university students conducted online surveys to determine diet quality (through the validated Australian Eating Survey Food Frequency Questionnaire) and academic achievement (as self-reported grade point average[GPA]) and explored their relationship using linear regression while adjusting for socio-demographic and student characteristics. Among the sample population (278 students from University of Newcastle, Australia; mean age 26.9; 70.9% female) a positive correlation was found between GPA and diet quality [in terms of Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS)], in addition to statistically significant associations between higher subscale scores for vegetables and fruits with lower percentage energy daily from energy-dense nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods overall and also from sweetened drinks. Whatnall et. al note that although the associations between a healthier dietary consumption with greater academic accomplishment, and the vice-versa, are small it can provide students with more motivation to better their dietary habits.

RESEARCH SUMMARIES

The influence of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on academic performance is mediated by sleep quality in adolescents

The apples of academic performance: associations between dietary patterns and academic performance in Australian children

The relationship between unhealthy snacking at school and academic outcomes: a population study in Chilean school children

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Dietary patterns and school performance: evidence from a sample of adolescents in Sicily, Italy

Associations between selected dietary behaviours and Academic achievement: a study of Australian school aged children

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Dietary habits are associated with school performance in adolescents

Dietary quality linkage to overall competence at school and emotional disturbance in representative Taiwanese young adolescents: dependence on gender, parental characteristics and personal behaviors

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Dietary changes and its psychosocial moderators during the university examination period

Nutritional quality of diet and academic performance in Chilean students

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