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. 2018 Nov 9;11(1):805.
doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3909-1.

Nutritional status and correlation with academic performance among primary school children, northwest Ethiopia

Biachew Asmare  1 , Mekuanint Taddele  2 , Sileshi Berihun  2 , Fasil Wagnew  3
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Nutritional status and correlation with academic performance among primary school children, northwest Ethiopia

Biachew Asmare et al. BMC Res Notes. .

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between nutritional status and academic performance among primary school children in Debre Markos Town, northwest Ethiopia, 2017.

Results: The prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting were 27.5% (95% CI 23.2-31.9%), 20.4% (95% CI 16.5-24.3%) and 8.7% (95% CI 6.2-11.5%), correspondingly. The low level of educational performance was significantly higher (p < 0.05) among the stunted, underweight and wasted children than that of the normal children. In multivariable logistic regression, age of the child (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) = 0.177, 95% CI 0.07, 0.4), monthly income less < 1000.00 birr (AOR = 0.05, 95% Cl 0.02, 0.15), stunted children (AOR = 0.21, 95% CI 0.10, 0.43) and under-weight (AOR = 0.63, 95% CI 0.26, 0.84) were associated with academic performance. This study revealed that indicators of undernutrition were prevalent among school-age children. Thus, collaboration between the health and education sectors is required to alleviate the problem.

Keywords: Academic performance; Nutritional status; School age children.

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Prevalence of under nutrition by gender among children in Debre Markos town, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 436)
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