Student health behavior and academic performance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the association between health behaviors and habits of university students and academic achievement.

Participants

Six hundred fourteen undergraduate students at a state university in the United States.

Methods

Students were invited over a 2-year period to participate in an anonymous online survey that asked questions concerning a wide range of health behaviors and habits; participants were asked to report their current grade point average (GPA). Standard Least Squares Models were used to examine differences in self-reported GPA across the different health behaviors and habits, with individuals as replicates.

Results

The study found positive associations between breakfast consumption, physical activity, and strength training and self-reporte

SUBMITTER: Reuter PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054760 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature