The Associations between Childhood Obesity, Academic Performance, and Perception of Teachers: From Kindergarten to Fifth Grade.

Conclusions: Obesity during elementary school years is negatively associated with both objective and subjective measures of academic performance. Further studies are needed to understand if the connection is stemming from behavioral issues of children, weight-based bias of teachers, or both. PMID: 32640890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Childhood Obesity - Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research