Table 4.

Relation between sampled students eating habits and their school performance

Eating habits		School performance						P
		Good		Very good		Excellent
		No	%	No	%	No	%
Have 3 meals regularly	No	7	10.3%	12	17.6%	49	72.1%	0.495
	Yes	18	6.2%	52	18.0%	219	75.8%
Child has breakfast daily	No	5	11.6%	12	27.9%	26	60.5%	0.048*
	Yes	20	6.4%	52	16.6%	242	77.1%
Snacks between meals	No	3	4.8%	13	20.6%	47	74.6%	0.649
	Yes	22	7.5%	51	17.3%	221	75.2%
Food contains vital elements	Yes	11	6.7%	22	13.4%	131	79.9%	0.111
	Sometimes	13	7.1%	42	22.8%	129	70.1%
	No	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	8	88.9%
Child eats fruits and vegetables	No	7	5.9%	29	24.4%	83	69.7%	0.063
	Yes	18	7.6%	35	14.7%	185	77.7%
Child prefer fast food to homemade food	No	8	6.2%	16	12.4%	105	81.4%	0.095
	Yes	17	7.5%	48	21.1%	163	71.5%
Frequency of fast food/week	Never	9	6.0%	22	14.7%	119	79.3%	0.015*
	Once/week	6	4.9%	21	17.1%	96	78.0%
	2-3/week	8	12.7%	14	22.2%	41	65.1%
	4-6/week	0	0.0%	6	40.0%	9	60.0%
	Daily	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%

*P<0.05 (significant)