Relação entre a saúde nutricional e o desempenho escolar de crianças e adolescentes: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

The study conducted in this article looking for contribute with social planners using a indicators list about results and impacts, as well as summary the existing results of the relationship between the nutritional health of a student and school performance. The methodology applied was the preparation of a systematic review of regional literature’s articles literature with the established descriptors (obesity, BMI, school performance and physical activity), as well as the abstract. Thus, the work's description and discussion was made when the articles had the profile sought. In selected articles, to evaluate school performance beyond the traditional notes of subjects taken at school, cognitive tests were also used. In perusal done, to measure the nutritional health, anthropometric parameters and measurer of physical activity were selected. The results obtained by descriptive analysis of nine selected articles corroborate the interpretation that the student's nutritional health interferes directly in its development and thus on their cognitive and school performance.