Healthy Lifestyle and Academic Performance in Middle School Students from the Region of Aragón (Spain)

Beatriz Sánchez-Hernando, Isabel Antón-Solanas, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Vicente Gea-Caballero, María Inmaculada Carboneres-Tafaner, Elisa Ferrer-Gracia, Javier Gállego-Diéguez, Iván Santolalla-Arnedo and Ángel Gasch-Gallén
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Beatriz Sánchez-Hernando: Health Center “Amparo Poch”, Aragón Health Care System ( SALUD), C/Emilia Pardo Bazán, s/n, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Isabel Antón-Solanas: Nursing Research Group in Primary Care of Aragon (GIIS094-GENIAPA), Aragón Health Research Institute, Avda. San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Raúl Juárez-Vela: Department of Nursing, Biomedical Research of La Rioja, University of La Rioja, CIBIR C/Duquesa de la Victoria 88, 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Vicente Gea-Caballero: Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Center of Universidad de Valencia, Research Group GREIACC, Health Research Institute La Fe, Avda. Fernando Abril Martorell 106, 46026 Valencia, Spain
María Inmaculada Carboneres-Tafaner: Generalitat Valenciana, CEIP Mare de Deu de la Vallivana, Conselleria de Educació, C/Carles Albors 18, Picassent, 46220 Valencia, Spain
Elisa Ferrer-Gracia: Health Promotion Section, General Direction of Public Health, Government of Aragon, Vía Universitas 36, 50017 Zaragoza, Spain
Javier Gállego-Diéguez: Head of the Information, Transparency and Participation Service, Health Department, Government of Aragon, Vía Universitas 36, 50017 Zaragoza, Spain
Iván Santolalla-Arnedo: Department of Nursing, Biomedical Research of La Rioja, University of La Rioja, CIBIR C/Duquesa de la Victoria 88, 26004 Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Ángel Gasch-Gallén: Nursing Research Group in Primary Care of Aragon (GIIS094-GENIAPA), Aragón Health Research Institute, Avda. San Juan Bosco 13, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: A healthy lifestyle is important to the present and future development and health of school age people. This study aims to analyze the relationship between daily lifestyle habits and academic performance in a sample of adolescents from the autonomous community of Aragon (Spain). We performed a cross-sectional study to analyze the lifestyle habits and academic performance of a total of 1745 7th and 8th grade middle school students during the academic year 2018–2019; the participants were selected from a random sample of 43 middle schools from the region of Aragon. The following data were collected through an anonymized, previously validated questionnaire: diet, sleep, physical activity, use of screens, use of toxic substances, and academic performance. We found a statistically significant association between all the lifestyle habits analyzed and academic performance ( p < 0.001) in our sample. Based on our findings, we suggest that health promotion and education in healthy lifestyles should be integrated in middle school curricula to improve academic performance and, more importantly, to promote both present and future health outcomes of adolescents.

Keywords: adolescent; habits; academic performance; diet; sleep; exercise; social media; substance-related disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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