Relationship Between Eating Breakfast and Academic Performance

Relationship Between Eating Breakfast and Academic Performance

ABSTRACT 

Adequate nutrition is essential for healthy growth. Research has shown how important it is for a child to have the necessary nutrients for growth and development. Breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day and it is very important for a child as it contains nutrients essential for good mental growth, and also learning outcomes.

I used qualitative research methods to investigate the relationship between eating breakfast and academic performance using Wuro Hausa Primary School as my case study. I had a total sample size (n) of 90 students. I used a random number generator application to generate my subjects.

My results showed a significant relationship between the frequency of breakfast consumption and academic performance. The results illustrated that as the frequency of breakfast consumption increases, the better a child performs academically. They collected my data over 14 days. The results also vii showed a relationship between the age of the children and the frequency of breakfast consumption. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover Page …………………………………………………………………………………………………..i
Certification Page………………………………………………………………………………………….ii
Readers Approval Page ………………………………………………………………………………….iii
Dedicatory Page ……………………………………………………………………………………………iv
Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………………………………………v
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….vi
List of Tables………………………………………………………………………………………………..viii
List of Figures………………………………………………………………………………………………ix
Chapter 1: Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………….1
Aims & Objectives………………………………………………………………………………………..10
Chapter 2: Materials & Methods……………………………………………………………………..11
Chapter 3: Results…………………………………………………………………………………………15
Chapter 4: Discussion ……………………………………………………………………………………24
Chapter 5: Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………29
Appendix I……………………………………………………………………………………………………30
Appendix II ………………………………………………………………………………………………….31
Appendix III…………………………………………………………………………………………………33
References……………………………………………………………………………………………………35

INTRODUCTION 

When it comes to living a healthy and long life and most importantly having functional brain activity, nutrition is very essential. Nutrition, in common terms, can be referred to ways through which one obtains the food which is required for proper health and growth. For a child, it is very important that he/she eats the right food at the right time in order to obtain the necessary nutrients required for growth.

Poor feeding or nutrition contributes greatly to diseases people face especially in children (Badri, 2014). Nutrition is an important aspect of a child’s life. A child who is malnourished or does not feed well tends to be backward when it comes to interaction and learning. When a child eats properly, the nutrients obtained from that meal foster a good and well-balanced physical, social and mental state of mind and wellbeing hence leading to the child’s increase in self-esteem (Badri, 2014).

Proper nutrition aids a child’s brain activities. A child who is malnourished at the age of 3 years will most likely exhibit a diminished mental state when compared with peers at age 11 (Florence, Asbridge, & Veugelers, 2008). Poor nutrition leads to an increase in levels of absenteeism in school. This is so because the body becomes really weak and its capacity to resist and combat diseases has been reduced. So due to this, children do not go to school or if they do, they have little to no interest in learning and participating in school tasks (Pertz & Putnam, 1982). 

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