Regular lunch consumption is associated with increased odds of high academic achievement in both girls and boys, and regular dinner and an all-meals pattern in boys¶
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q3 i? Regular lunch was associated with higher odds of high achievement in girls (AOR 1.44) and boys (AOR 1.43); regular dinner (AOR 1.44) and eating all four meals regularly (AOR 1.50) were associated with higher odds in boys only. → Stea TH 2014
Evidence¶
Stea TH 2014¶
Stea TH, Torstveit MK. (2014). Association of lifestyle habits and academic achievement in Norwegian adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:829. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-829
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In the same cross-sectional logistic regression analysis, regular lunch was associated with "AOR: 1.44 (1.08-1.93)" in girls and AOR 1.43 (1.09-1.89) in boys; dinner and the all-four-meals pattern reached significance in boys only. No standardized effect size was printed.
"Increased odds of high academic achievement was also shown in boys who had a regular consumption of dinner (AOR: 1.44 (1.16-1.79)) and ate all four meals regularly (AOR: 1.50 (1.10 – 2.03))."
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Regular lunch consumption is associated with increased odds of high academic achievement in both girls and boys, and regular dinner and an all-meals pattern in boys |
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Regular lunch consumption is associated with increased odds of high academic achievement in both girls and boys, and regular dinner and an all-meals pattern in boys |
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2014 |
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