Aljehani Ala M, Banjar Shaima A, Alshehri Ghada A, Alnojaidi Taif F, Alkhammash Shahad M, Almomen Farah A, Alolayan Omar K, Bagazi Ghassan A, Bamhair Abdulrahman S
College of Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Family and Community Medicine, Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2022 Jan 24;14(1):e21561. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21561. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Aim This study aims to examine the relationship between obesity and academic performance and to investigate the relevance between an unhealthy lifestyle and academic performance, which may exist among obese and non-obese female students in the College of Science and College of Medicine of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. Method The study is observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional in nature and covers a sample of 328 female students aged 19 to 23 years. They were randomly selected from the College of Science and College of Medicine. Sample collection was conducted from December 12, 2020 to June 15, 2021. Results The result indicates that obesity did not influence academic performance. The association between obesity and academic performance was non-significant ( = 0.335). In the College of Science, grades in physics and math were analyzed, which reflected a weak association with obesity (= 0.893 and = 0.872, respectively). Various factors exerted a positive impact on academic performance, such as eating yogurt at least 1-5 times per week ( < 0.05) and spending less than 4 hours on social media or watching TV ( < 0.05). Conclusion Academic performance is influenced by many factors. Eating yogurt more frequently and watching TV and less time for social media are the factors with the largest influence on academic performance. However, obesity does not influence academic performance. In summary, physical activity and a healthy diet exerted no direct effect on academic performance.
目的 本研究旨在探讨肥胖与学业成绩之间的关系，并调查不健康生活方式与学业成绩之间的相关性，这可能存在于伊玛目穆罕默德·伊本·沙特伊斯兰大学理学院和医学院的肥胖及非肥胖女学生中。方法 本研究本质上是观察性、描述性和横断面研究，涵盖了328名年龄在19至23岁之间的女学生样本。她们是从理学院和医学院随机选取的。样本收集于2020年12月12日至2021年6月15日进行。结果 结果表明肥胖并未影响学业成绩。肥胖与学业成绩之间的关联不显著（= 0.335）。在理学院，对物理和数学成绩进行了分析，结果显示与肥胖的关联较弱（分别为= 0.893和= 0.872）。各种因素对学业成绩产生了积极影响，例如每周至少吃1 - 5次酸奶（< 0.05）以及在社交媒体或看电视上花费少于4小时（< 0.05）。结论 学业成绩受多种因素影响。更频繁地吃酸奶以及减少看电视和使用社交媒体的时间是对学业成绩影响最大的因素。然而，肥胖并不影响学业成绩。总之，体育活动和健康饮食对学业成绩没有直接影响。
