<![CDATA[The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between overweight, anemia, and academic achievement of elementary school students in Bogor District. The design of this study was a cross-sectional and it was conducted between March to July 2014, at Polisi 1 and At Taufiq elementary school. Total subjects were 100 students, consisting of 62 students (62%) with normal nutritional status and 38 students (38%) overnutrition (overweight and obese). Mann Whitney test, Independent sample t test, Spearman and Pearson correlation test were applied to analyze the variables tested. The results showed that there were a significantly different intake of energy, protein, and fat (p<0.05), but not for anemic status and academic achievement among normal nutritional status and overnutrition of the subjects. A significant correlation was found between energy intake and nutritional status (p<0.05), anemic status and the mean scores of science and Indonesian language subjects (p<0.05). However, there were no significant correlation among nutritional status with anemic status and academic achievement (p>0.05).]]>
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