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EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE

Authors: UWANNAH Ngozi , Mbegbu Amanda Lotachi

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of Humanities And Social Science Invention (ijhssi)

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ABSTRACT: This research work was necessitated by the fact that most students in secondary schools study hard yet they do not really perform as expected and this brings about disappointments. Relevance has therefore been placed on their eating habit which may assist them attain higher academic performance. This study was carried out to examine how eating habit affect the academic performance of secondary school students in selected secondary schools in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 180 senior secondary school students (SS2 and SS3) in five (5) secondary schools in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study made use of a questionnaire tagged “Eating Habit Scale” developed by the researcher. Academic performance was measured using the first term scores of selected students in English Language and Mathematics. The data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics method and the linear regression and t-test analyses were employed to test the stated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings show that eating habit significantly determined the academic performance of secondary school students in Ikenne, likewise gender. Based on the findings, it was recommended that students should ensure that they take their breakfasts before going to school and that parents as well as the school should ensure the provision of healthy meals for the students before the commencement of academic activities.

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UWANNAH,N. Mbegbu,A.L . (2018). EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE, 7 (), 51-51.

UWANNAH,N. Mbegbu,A.L . "EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE" 7, no (), (2018): 51-51.

UWANNAH,N. and Mbegbu,A.L and . (2018). EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE, 7 (), pp51-51.

UWANNAHN, MbegbuAL, . EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE. 2018, 7 ():51-51.

UWANNAH,Ngozi , and Mbegbu,Amanda Lotachi . "EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE", 7 . (2018) : 51-51.

U.Ngozi & M.Amanda Lotachi , "EATING HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKENNE, OGUN STATE" vol.7, no., pp. 51-51, 2018.

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