Possible causalities between malnutrition and academic performances among primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional study in rural Madagascar.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of addressing malnutrition is increasing in the context of children's health and their academic performances. Childhood malnutrition further could reduce a country's economic productivity. No earlier study adequately estimated the causalities between schoolchildren's malnutrition and their academic performances. How nutritional status contributes to children's academic performances has never been reported from Madagascar. This study aims to estimate the possible causalities between their nutritional status and academic performances in rural Madagascar.

Methods

A cross-sectional household survey was conducted in Antananarivo-Avaradrano district, Madagascar, from November to December 2017, by targeting 404 first and second graders 5-14 years of age en

SUBMITTER: Aiga H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258079 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature