Relationship between diet quality and academic performance in dentistry students

Abstract

Introduction: Diet is the most important factor for a person's performance at the academic level, diet and control can be modified to prevent fitness related diseases such as obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes, poor diet can present complications in the academic day such as tiredness, lack of concentration or difficulty in memorizing, which affects mainly academic performance of students. Objective: describe the relationship between diet quality and academic performance in students in the second semester of the dentistry degree at the Regional Autonomous University of the Andes in the academic period October 2022-March 2023. Methods: A qualitative approach methodology was used, due to the subjective interpretation of the contents of the selected bibliography on the research topic, describing in an adequate way the relevance of the consumption of food rich in nutrients and energy according to the individual needs of the students. Results: Poor eating habits in university adolescents, affects their academic performance, brain, and intellectual development, resulting in low student achievement. A direct and significant correlation was found between IQ scores and brain size of students Conclusion: There is a relationship between the eating habits of children and adolescents with a healthy lifestyle which encompasses several relevant aspects, but in this case with satisfactory academic performance.