RELACIÓN DEL DESAYUNO CON EL RENDIMIENTO ACADÉMICO Y EL IMC DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DE LA ESCUELA SAN FRANCISCO JAVIER, MAPASINGUE, 2015.

Abstract

Breakfast is directly related to the nutritional status and intellectual development of the school, enabling better learning. This study evaluated the nutritional quality of breakfast 45 schoolchildren from fifth to seventh year of basic education Educational Unit "San Francisco Javier" of Guayaquil, BMI was assessed for age school according to WHO tables, socio-demographic data and family dietary and academic performance. The results indicated that 55.5% of the sample has BMI excess, which is more prevalent in schoolchildren aged 12 and 10 years with 61% and 59% respectively, when combining BMI / quality of breakfast, 37% of obese and 57% of those who are at risk of obesity quality breakfast is served, plus 65% of those with normal BMI eat breakfast of good quality; 46% of students who eat breakfast good quality observe academic performance low, in the group of high BMI, 25% of school has high academic performance and making good quality breakfast, plus 16% have academic performance low and takes good quality breakfast, in those with normal BMI, 1% eat breakfast has good quality and low academic performance, these data determine the quality of breakfast affects on school performance and nutritional status