ArticleJournal of health, population, and nutrition2024
The relationship between food habits and physical activity and the IQ of primary school children.
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- Nutrition, diet, and academic performance among school-age children in urban low-income settings: a case-control study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Can the Components of Physical Fitness Be Linked to Creative Thinking and Fluid Intelligence in Spanish Schoolchildren?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intelligence and Dietary Habits: An International Study of Mensa Members.Journal of Intelligence · 2025Article
- The Impact of Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Pregnant Women Toward the Intelligence Status of Early Childhood: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- The influence of socioeconomic status on intelligence in school-age children in Xuyong County: a mediation analysis of nutrition literacy and dietary diversity.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Physical Activity Habits and Sleep Duration According to Gender: A Cross-Sectional Study of Elementary School Children.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren's intelligence quotient (IQ) is influenced by various environmental and genetic variables. The current study aimed to determine how children's dietary choices and physical activity levels correlated with their IQ.
methodsA total of 190 students (111 girls and 79 boys) between the ages of 8 and 10 were chosen randomly for this cross-sectional research. For all children, questionnaires were utilized to gather information on their anthropometry, socio-economic position, food habits, and 24-h memory. Children's physical activity questionnaire (CPAQ) was also used to gauge their level of physical activity. Raven's color progressive intelligence test was also used to gauge children's IQ. All the questions may be filled out online with the assistance of parents. SPSS software was used to gather and evaluate the generated data.
resultsOf 190 respondents, 79 (41.6%) are males, and 111 (58.4%) are girls. The results of the study showed that, a positive correlation between children's IQ and physical activity (P = 0.017, r = 0.17), if this relationship was not seen by gender. In addition, a positive correlation was observed between the IQ and food habits scores in all children (P = 0.001, r = 0.24), as well as by gender, that is, male (P = 0.04, r = 0.23) and female (P = 0.006, r = 0.26), which indicates that children with better food habits were associated with higher IQ.
conclusionIt was shown that elementary school children's IQ, food habits, and degree of physical activity are all positively correlated.
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