DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i11.023

Pages: 4282-4285

This study entitled “Long Term Effect of Diet Quality on Intelligence Quotient “attempt to accumulate data regarding impact of nutrition on the Intelligence performance of secondary school children. The study was carried out in 6 different boarding schools (urban and rural) with 100 students from each school within the age group of 11-14 years of Indore district. In addition to the intensive review of related literature, data was collected through interviews, focus group discussions (parents teacher meeting) and observations. We assessed 116 children for eligibility and 48 were excluded because of variation in calorie consumption, variation in diet consumed loss of follow up or improper recording. Out of 68 student 27 receiving diet advice (cases) and 41 on just follow up (control) were having initial mean IQ of 85.5 points and 85.4 points respectively .With continuous monitoring and maintaining of higher diet quality in cases there was mean increase of IQ of cases by 1.2 points to 86.7 points. These increase was much lower in control where IQ increased by 0.1 point to 85.5. The result of the study underscores the importance of nutrition during early years of child intelligence. Increasing the nutritional Knowledge of parents, especially mothers are very important. Policymakers should design more legislation targeted at improving food availability (especially for poor families)..These findings also demonstrate the importance of helping everyone involved with children's early development to get the information and advice they need on good nutrition.