Impact of Eating Habits on Academic Performance among 4th year Medical Students of a Private College in Faisalabad

Abstract

Objective: This study was designed to determine the relationship between eating habits and academic performance among medical students of Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College. Study design & Setting: A comparative cross-sectional study was being conducted Methodology: After the permission of the Ethical Research Committee of the institution. Students of 4th year MBBS was recruited by simple convenient sampling. A validated questionnaire consisting of 14 questions in reference to eating habits was used. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS version 24 and a one-way ANOVA test was used and p value of = 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Study was conducted on 100 medical students with mean age of 22.67±.554. Out of 100 participants 51 (51%) were male and 49 (49%) were female students. It was observed that good eating habit score was associated with high academic achievements. While, a bad eating habit score was associated with low academic achievements. Conclusion: It was concluded from our study that there was a significant association between good eating habits and academic performance