| Gaia: | Nutrition and eating habits are closely connected, both have been of great importance for
health and wellbeing in life. This paper analyzes selected eating habits among students, the
causes of these habits and its impact on their health and academic performance. It is a
descriptive cross sectional study. In this study, 326 students were randomly selected from two
government high schools in Thimphu, Bhutan. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS
software. Out of 326 students, 72.1% were girls and 27.9% were boys, ranging from 13 to 20
years of age. Students mid-term grade were significantly associated with dairy (P. value of
0.009), water consumption (P. value of 0.018) and age (P. value of 0.10). However overall
academic performance was found to be associated with monthly family income, education
level of parents, missing breakfast and lunch, junk food, meat, vegetable and canteen food
consumption. This study suggests that academic performance may be dependent on
consumption of water and dairy products in addition to age and gender. Health education
programs should be implemented to raise awareness about food consumption and its health
and academic performance.
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