Does Having Breakfast Affect a Student's Grade Point Average?

It is with no doubt that food gives one energy for proper body functioning. However, breakfast, being the first meal of the day can affect a person's daily activities. For students, the amount and kind of breakfast taken has an impact on their grade point average. From the survey conducted on college students of between ages 12 and 18, we can illustrate how taking breakfast and the right amount of it can affect the overall student perfomance in school.

A graph showing grade point average against how much taking breakfast is taken by 12-year-old students.

From a closer analysis of the graph, it can be seen that the kind of breakfast taken had no direct correlation with school performance. For example, students who have a grade point average of 5.8 did not take exactly the same kind of breakfast. However, the amount of breakfast taken has a direct effect on performance as seen in the graph trend.

Venn diagram

4.2 = {p^, f^, c^} without proteins fats and carbohydrates.

5.8= {v^} without veggies

5.3 = {P^, C^} without proteins and carbohydrates

5.5 = {p^, f^} without proteins and fats

5.8 = {v^} without veggies

5.6 = {v^, F^} without veggies and fats

4.8 = {p^, V^, f^} without proteins fats and veggies

6 = {v^} without veggies

5.8= {p^} without proteins

5.6

5.35.5

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4.8

From the diagram above, students who did not take proteins, carbohydrates, veggies and fats recorded a lower grade point average compared to those who took them. This is a clear indication that the kind and amount of breakfast taken by students has an effect on their academic performance.

A graph showing grade average calculator of students aged 13 years against the amount of breakfast the taken

The amount of breakfast taken has a direct effect on the grade average calculator for students aged 13 years. The higher the amount of breakfast taken by students, the higher the grade point average recorded. However, the kind of breakfast taken does not matter according to the given results shown by the graph.

A graph showing the Grade average calculator for students at the age of 14 years against the amount of breakfast taken

From the graph it can be seen that the amount of breakfast taken has an effect on the grade point average of student. Students who took all the nutrients i.e. proteins, carbohydrates, fruits, fats, water/juice and veggies recorded a higher grade average calculator compared to those who missed some of these nutrients.

Venn diagram to illustrate the data

6.2 = {p^} without proteins

5.8 = {f^, Fr^} without fats and fruits

5.6 = {p^, f^, v^} without proteins, fats and veggies

5.6 = {v^, f^, Fr^} without veggies, fats and fruits

5.5 = {f^, Fr^, V^} without fruits, fats and veggies

5.3 = {p^, v^, Fr^} without proteins, veggies and fruits

5= {p^, f^, Fr^} without proteins, fats and fruits

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48958515811500 5.3

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5.5, 5.6

The relation between grade average points of all the students who took all the nutrients is seen. Those who took carbohydrates and proteins recorded a higher grade point average compared to those who did not. All those students who did not take either proteins or carbohydrates recorded a lower grade point average. This shows that the type of breakfast taken also affects students' academic performance.

A graph showing the grade point average of students aged 15 years against the amount of breakfast taken

Student's grade point average is affected by the amount and kind of breakfast that they take in the morning. In the case above for example, students who took a balanced breakfast recorded a higher average compared to other who did not.

Venn diagram

4.2 = {p^, Fr^, f^, v^} without proteins, fruits, fats and veggies

4.8 = {p^, Fr^, f^} without proteins, fruits and fats

5 = {f^, Fr^} without fats and fruits

5 = {p^, f^, Fr^} without proteins, fruits and fats

5.5 = {p^, Fr^, f^] without proteins, fruits and fats

5.6 = {p^, f^} without proteins and fruits

5.6 = {p^, f^} without proteins and fats

5.8 = {f^, Fr^} without fats and fruits

6 = {f^] without fats

6.8 = {p^} without proteins

321119522987000 5.6, 5.6

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4.2

5, 5.8 4.8, 5, 5.5

From the diagram, it is clear that students who took all the necessary nutrients for breakfast recorded a higher grade point average compared to those who did not.

A graph showing the grade point average of students aged 16 years against the amount of breakfast taken

From the information on the graph, we see that the amount and type of breakfast taken has some effect on the grade point average for all the students. Students who took proteins, carbohydrates, veggies, fruits, juice/water and fats have recorded a high grade point average as opposed to those who missed out on tone or more of these. In general, we can conclude that for those students aged 13 years, their grade point average can be affected by the kind and amount of breakfast that they take in the morning

Venn diagram

4.8,5, 5.6= {p^, c^, Fr^} without proteins, carbohydrates and fruits

5= {p^, c^, f^} without proteins, carbohydrates and fats

5.4 = {f^, Fr^, c^} without fats, fruits and carbohydrates

5.8, 5.8={c^, f^} without carbohydrates and fats

6.1= {p^, c^} without proteins and carbohydrates

272161027749500 4.8, 5, 5.6

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5, 5.5

5.45.8, 5.8

A graph showing the grade point average of students aged 17 years against the amount of breakfast taken

For the 17-year-old students, the amount of breakfast has a direct correlation with the grade point average recorded. Students who took a healthy breakfast consisting of all the nutrients have been seen to attain high grades as opposed to those who did not. The kind of breakfast taken also matters to some extent. Those who took protein carbohydrates and water/ juice have recorded a high-grade point average than those who only took veggies and fats. Intake of fruits also is commendable for improved grade point average. We can therefore conclude that for the 17-year-old students, the amount of breakfast taken has an effect on the students grade point average.

Venn diagram

4.5, 5.8 = {p^, v^, c^Fr^} without proteins, veggies, carbohydrates and fruits

5, 5 = {p^, f^, Fr^} without proteins, fats and fruits

5.3= {p^, v^, c^} without proteins, veggies and carbohydrates

5.3= {p^, v^, c^} without proteins veggies and carbohydrates

5.5 = {p^, v^} without proteins and veggies

5.6 = {p^, Fr^} without veggies, carbohydrates and fats

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286321517589500359410237490004.5, 4.85.5

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5.3 A graph showing the grade point average of students aged 18 years against the amount of breakfast taken

From the above graph, students' grade point average has a direct relationship with the amount and type of breakfast that they take. However, this does not hold for all the students as some who missed only on two pieces but of different nature recorded different grades. We can therefore conclude that grade point average and the overall performance of students do not wholly depend on the amount of breakfast taken although it has an effect.

Venn diagram

4.8 = {v^, f^, Fr^} without veggies, fats and fruits

5.2= {v^, Fr^f^, p^} without veggies, fruits, fats and proteins

5.5, 5.9= {p^, f^, v^} without proteins, fats and veggies

6, 6= {p^, v^} without proteins and veggies

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In conclusion, from the diagrams and graphs we can conclude that the amount and type of breakfast that a student takes has a direct or indirect effect on their academic performance. From the observations above, students who took a balanced dieted breakfast recorded a high grade point average in all the ages. Those who missed some items in their breakfast had lower grade point averages. Put in other words, the effect of breakfast on overall student's academic performance is evident.