How does your diet affect your academics?

Group A2: Ali Alsanea, Annie Mazzarella, Kathryn Doyle

EDT180A

Gary Lewallen

April 19, 2016

 How Does Diet Affect Your Academics?

Introduction:

Ones diet is an essential part of your daily routine. Therefore, maintaining a healthy diet

is very important to maintain a healthy life. The food we consume, whether good or bad can

drastically change our energy levels. The goal of this research project was to answer the

question: How does diet affect your academics?. We wanted to find the relationship between

amount of meals consumed in a day in correlation to GPA. In addition, We also wanted to find

out what type of foods people consumed, and if that affected GPA as well. The online survey

conducted through google sheets also categorized the responses based on class so we can further

analyze and compare the data.

Survey Questions:

In our survey we asked the following questions:

What year are you? (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)

What is your GPA?

How many meals do you eat per day?( 1,2,3,4+)

Of the following, which do you consume the most? (Carbohydrates,

Fruits/veggies, Protein, or Fat/Oil)

Of the following, which do you consume the least? (Carbohydrates,

Fruits/veggies, Protein, or Fat/Oil)

On a scale from 1-10, how much energy do you have per day?

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Results:

The number of respondents from the survey amounted to 125, with 66 freshman, 27

sophomores, 24 juniors, and 8 seniors. Of all these respondents, the average GPA was 3.20. We

also discovered that the respondents usually ate 2-3 meals per day. The food group most

consumed by the respondents was by far carbohydrates, while the least consumed was fruits and

vegetables.

According to the results obtained from the survey, those who ate three meals a day had an

above average GPA, given that the average GPA was 3.20. Additionally, those who only ate 2

meals a day had a below average GPA.

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 Now, since over half of our respondents said they consumed carbohydrates the most, we

could not find a specific connection between what type of foods you eat with your GPA. We

believe this is because every person is unique and needs different combinations of the food

groups to be full of vim and vigour!

When comparing energy levels to GPA, people with an above average GPA said that

every day their energy levels are around 6-8 out of 10. This makes sense to us because if you are

exhausted and tired all the time, you will not have enough energy to properly focus in class or

study at home. On the other hand, if you have too much energy, it is very possible that you will

become more easily distracted!

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Conclusion:

Maintaining a healthy diet is essential for maintaining a healthy life. After surveying 125

ASU students, we discovered that how many meals you eat per day can directly affect your GPA.

Those who eat 3 meals a day are more likely to have an above average GPA while those who eat

less are more likely to have a below average GPA. Also, people who had an energy level of 6-8

out of 10, were more likely to have an above average GPA. However, we were unable to

determine if the types of food you eat directly affects your GPA. This is due to the fact that every

person has different regime that contributes to the bodys necessities. As a result, this may have

been an outlier that contributed to the outcome of our results. However, some of the questions in

the survey were questioned so that we can get a general understanding of how students eat and if

or not they make healthy choices. All in all, eating 3 healthy and balanced meals per day can lead

you to a higher GPA, which can also satisfy substantially decent amount of energy!