Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2024 Feb 20;43(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s41043-024-00522-6.
Children's intelligence quotient (IQ) is influenced by various environmental and genetic variables. The current study aimed to determine how children's dietary choices and physical activity levels correlated with their IQ.
A total of 190 students (111 girls and 79 boys) between the ages of 8 and 10 were chosen randomly for this cross-sectional research. For all children, questionnaires were utilized to gather information on their anthropometry, socio-economic position, food habits, and 24-h memory. Children's physical activity questionnaire (CPAQ) was also used to gauge their level of physical activity. Raven's color progressive intelligence test was also used to gauge children's IQ. All the questions may be filled out online with the assistance of parents. SPSS software was used to gather and evaluate the generated data.
Of 190 respondents, 79 (41.6%) are males, and 111 (58.4%) are girls. The results of the study showed that, a positive correlation between children's IQ and physical activity (P = 0.017, r = 0.17), if this relationship was not seen by gender. In addition, a positive correlation was observed between the IQ and food habits scores in all children (P = 0.001, r = 0.24), as well as by gender, that is, male (P = 0.04, r = 0.23) and female (P = 0.006, r = 0.26), which indicates that children with better food habits were associated with higher IQ.
It was shown that elementary school children's IQ, food habits, and degree of physical activity are all positively correlated.
儿童的智商(IQ)受各种环境和遗传变量的影响。本研究旨在确定儿童的饮食选择和身体活动水平与他们的智商之间的关系。
本横断面研究随机选择了 190 名 8-10 岁的学生(111 名女孩和 79 名男孩)。对于所有儿童,使用问卷收集他们的人体测量学、社会经济地位、饮食习惯和 24 小时记忆信息。还使用儿童体力活动问卷(CPAQ)来衡量他们的身体活动水平。使用瑞文彩色渐进式智力测验来衡量儿童的智商。所有问题都可以在父母的协助下在线填写。使用 SPSS 软件收集和评估生成的数据。
在 190 名受访者中,79 名(41.6%)是男性,111 名(58.4%)是女性。研究结果表明,儿童的智商与身体活动呈正相关(P=0.017,r=0.17),如果这种关系不因性别而异。此外,在所有儿童中,智商与饮食习惯评分之间存在正相关(P=0.001,r=0.24),以及按性别,即男性(P=0.04,r=0.23)和女性(P=0.006,r=0.26),这表明饮食习惯更好的儿童与更高的智商相关。
研究表明,小学生的智商、饮食习惯和身体活动程度均呈正相关。