EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE V PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH DISTRICT
EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE V PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH DISTRICT
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A Thesis
Presented to the faculty of the
Graduate School
Sacred Heart College
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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
MASTERS OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
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by:
MAY B. ANARETA
May, 2015
EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE V PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH DISTRICT CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION: Nutritional status is the balance between the intake of nutrients by an organism and the expenditure of these in the processes of growth, reproduction, and health maintenance. Because this process is highly complex and quite individualized, nutritional status assessment can be directed at a wide variety of aspects of nutrition. These range from nutrients levels in the body, to the product of metabolism, and to the functional process they regulate. Nutritional status can be measured for individuals as well as for populations. Nutrition is the science that interprets the relationship of food to the functioning of the living organism. It is concerned with the intake of food, digestive process, the liberation of energy, and the elimination of waste as well as with all the synthesis that are essential for maintenance, growth, and reproduction. Nutrition is a very special subset of health education and should be considered the most important thought a person’s life. Good health and good nutrition are pre-requisites to the attainment of good quality of life and its sustained enjoyment.”Health is a wealth” is a very old and well known saying among students but of good means to motivate the individuals to understand health and to practice it because it could lead to what we call “wealth” in physical , emotional and mental performance of individual. Definitely the wealth of one nation primarily lies in the health of
______________________________
A Thesis
Presented to the faculty of the
Graduate School
Sacred Heart College
_____________________________
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
MASTERS OF ARTS IN EDUCATION
_____________________________
by:
MAY B. ANARETA
May, 2015
EFFECTS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF GRADE V PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH DISTRICT CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION: Nutritional status is the balance between the intake of nutrients by an organism and the expenditure of these in the processes of growth, reproduction, and health maintenance. Because this process is highly complex and quite individualized, nutritional status assessment can be directed at a wide variety of aspects of nutrition. These range from nutrients levels in the body, to the product of metabolism, and to the functional process they regulate. Nutritional status can be measured for individuals as well as for populations. Nutrition is the science that interprets the relationship of food to the functioning of the living organism. It is concerned with the intake of food, digestive process, the liberation of energy, and the elimination of waste as well as with all the synthesis that are essential for maintenance, growth, and reproduction. Nutrition is a very special subset of health education and should be considered the most important thought a person’s life. Good health and good nutrition are pre-requisites to the attainment of good quality of life and its sustained enjoyment.”Health is a wealth” is a very old and well known saying among students but of good means to motivate the individuals to understand health and to practice it because it could lead to what we call “wealth” in physical , emotional and mental performance of individual. Definitely the wealth of one nation primarily lies in the health of
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