If There Is A Disparity In Nutrition In Academic Achievement

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

PART 01:6

History of How Nutrition Has Affected Academic Achievement in Eastern Kentucky6

Program and School Breakfast Program12

Elements of Effective Nutrition Education15

Evidence-Based Interventions16

PART 02:27

What Has Been Done To Help Correct This Problem27

Growth Characteristics of Students30

General Growth Patterns32

Malnutrition and Child Academic achievement36

Nutrition and School Performance38

Student Health Is Also Affected By the Amount of Pesticides in Their Food40

Student Health Is Also Affected By the Amount of Pesticides in Their Food41

Student Health Could Be Affected By Genetically-Modified Food42

But first, what is genetically Modified Food?42

How Prevalent is GM Food in Our Food Supply?42

So, What Are The Possible Negative Human Health Effects?43

Determinants of Schooling44

Endogenous Factors45

Exogenous Factors46

Nutrition as a Determinant Of Schooling49

Nutritional Deficiencies50

A Brief Description of Protein - Energy Malnutrition, Iron Deficiency, Vitamin50

Protein-Energy Malnutrition:51

Iron Deficiency Anemia:52

Vitamin A Deficiency and Xerophthalmia:53

Iodine Deficiency and Goitre:53

PART 03:55

What Is Left To Be Done In Order To Fix the Problem55

A Wake-Up Call to Schools56

Healthy Change58

What Schools Can Do60

Form A School Health Advisory Council61

Develop a Comprehensive Wellness Policy61

Encourage Staff to Model Healthy Lifestyles62

Aims of Education62

Growth Retardation67

Hunger69

School Feeding Programmers71

Critique of the Studies72

CONCLUSION73

REFERENCES76

PART 01:

History of How Nutrition Has Affected Academic Achievement in Eastern Kentucky

The general state of health and welfare of students affects their academic performance. In turn, academic achievement of students affects their health in the future.4 schools, then, can be a place to help children healthier. This may mean that schools can directly affect the health of children through physical activity or health education teaching, or that schools can help families gain access to the health of their children.

A strategy to address childhood obesity is increasing physical activity of children. Since children spend much time in school, the school can be a place of increasing activity. However, a recent survey indicates that 7 out of 10 students from Kentucky high school (69%) did not attend physical education classes.

Almost all residents of Kentucky (96%) and Eastern Kentucky (94%) favored requiring schools to provide 30 minutes of physical activity or physical education to students each day. While most of Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky strongly favored in general, slightly fewer Eastern Kentuckians favor it overall.

The dramatic increase in our understanding of the brain's development throughout childhood has increased our knowledge of the significance of micronutrients, such as iron and vitamin B-12, for this development (Symons 2007). Deficiencies of these micronutrients have been shown to have an impact on students' academic achievement. Regardless of this knowledge, students continue to make unhealthy nutrition choices and develop poor dietary habits. School environments are places where there is an opportunity to ...