Condición Física, Nutrición y Rendimiento Académico en los Niños de 9 a 10 Años de Edad Dentro del “Colegio Los Portales” de la Municipalidad Restrepo Meta en el Primer Semestre del Año 2016

Abstract

Adolescence is a decisive stage in the human life cycle given the multiple physiological and psychological changes that occur in it, which, in turn, condition both nutritional needs and eating habits, physical activity and behavior and school performance. In addition, it has been shown that these habits have an impact on the state of health in adult life. In accordance with the foregoing, in this degree work the characterization of aspects such as: Physical condition, nutritional habits and academic performance, in students in the school stage (primary) of 4th and 5th grade of the Los Portales school, in the municipality of Restrepo (Meta) so that from these characterization results, it is possible to establish degrees of correlation or influence between the variables that are part of the Physical Condition profile with Academic Performance, as well as establish degrees of correlation between nutritional habits and the academic performance of the aforementioned student population. In this degree work, the EUROFIT test battery (short version) is used in order to evaluate the Physical Condition of the participants. For the evaluation of nutritional / eating habits, the needs survey is applied, which allows determining the behavior trend of the students participating in this study in terms of the number of meals eaten during the day, as well as the foods they preferably consume. The Academic Performance of students is determined from the average of marks for each area of ​​knowledge that is part of their training, with the calculation of the general average in each student, from the performance obtained in each area of ​​knowledge or training.