The Effects of Nutrition on Students Academic Performance among Secondary Schools Students in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Health - Nutritional Science, grade: B., course: Health Education, language: English, abstract: This research study the effects of nutrition on students academic performance in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The study was delimited to all secondary schools students in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State which 120 respondents were randomly selected as sample. The nutritional effects were reviewed. Self-constructed questionnaire validated and considered appropriate by the researchers supervisor was used for data collection with the help of train research assistance, the researcher went ahead the schools to administer the instrument and collected them back. The retrieved questionnaire forms were screened. The data collected was analysed by frequency counts and simple percentage for bio-data and chi-square analysis were used for the variables (research question under the study). The study reveals that Students who have access to require balance diet perform better than those who did not have, Nourished students perform better than mal-nourished students, Socio economic status has significant influence on nutritional intake, Students who free from nutritional disorder perform better than students with nutritional disorder and Food availability has significant influence on academic performance.