This article reviews research from published studies on the association between nutrition among school-aged children and their performance in school and on tests of cognitive functioning. Each reviewed article is accompanied by a brief description of its research methodology and outcomes. Articles are separated into 4 categories: food insufficiency, iron deficiency and supplementation, deficien...

In current world, the immense size of a data set makes problems in finding similar/identitcal data. In addition, the dirtiness of data, i.e. typos, missing/tilting information, and additional noises usually occurred by careless editing or entry mistakes, makes further difficulty to identify entity-belongs. Therefore, we focus on the faster detection of data referring the same real-world entity ...

Improving the nutritional content of public school meals is a topic of intense policy interest. A main motivation is the health of school children, and, in particular, the rising childhood obesity rate. Medical and nutrition literature has long argued that a healthy diet can have a second important impact: improved cognitive function. In this paper, we test whether offering healthier lunches af...

This 4-year longitudinal study examined the perceived school performance, life satisfaction, and hopelessness of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Over the period of the study, perceived school performance and life satisfaction decreased, whereas adolescent hopelessness increased. Consistent with our predictions, a positive relationship between perceived school performance and life satisfaction...

What impact does school quality have on educational outcomes, and what aspects of school quality matter most, remain hotly debated issues in the economics of education. Ambiguity mainly comes from empirical difficulties in separating school effects from the role of various confounding unobserved student characteristics. In this paper, we are able to identify the role of school quality by taking...

OBJECTIVE Childhood asthma is a frequent cause of absenteeism that affects school performance. We aimed to investigate the impact of asthma on absenteeism and school performance level of elementary and high school students. METHODS Data about sociodemographics, absenteeism, and academic achievement were obtained from 1539 students attending 98 schools in Greece. School performance was assesse...

School achievement gaps and school failure are problematic issues in Latin America, and are mainly explained by the socio-economic status (SES) of the students. What schools can do to improve school achievement and reduce school failure is a critical issue, both for school management and teacher training. In this study, we present the association of individual and school-related socio-emotional...

OBJECTIVES Our study aimed to examine the effects of low birth weight (LBW) on the school performance and behavior of elementary school children in Oman. . METHODS Data were gathered through a cross-sectional survey of nine elementary schools from the Muscat and A'Dhahirah regions. The study utilized a unique database created by linking information from the children's health cards and current...