OROLA, Joel Cedric B.
In recent years, an uneven yet growing
Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics
A Quantitative Analysis
about the impact of
Obesity on the Academic
Performance of the
Selected Senior High
School students in
Treston Senior High
School
Keywords: Obesity, Physical body, Academic
Performance, Pre-diabetes, and Overweight
INTRODUCTION:
Obesity is a condition where a person
has accumulated so much body fat that it might
have a negative effect on their health (MNT
Editorial Team, 2016). The people who are
experiencing this kind of situation are usually
consuming too many calories and does not go
working out so the fats are staying in their body.
On the surface, the cause of obesity seems
simple: if a person consumes more calories than
he burns as energy through physical activity,
then a person can gain weight. But like many
things, the simple explanation is often
incomplete. The risk factors that contribute to
obesity can be a complex combination of
genetics, metabolic factors and lifestyle choices,
among other things
body of research has suggested that obesity is
associated with poorer academic performance
beginning as early as kindergarten. Studies have
variously found that obese students -- and
especially girls -- tend to have lower test scores
than their slimmer peers, are more likely to be
held back a grade, and are less likely to go on to
college (Gardner, 2012)
The number of obese children and
adolescents (those aged five to 19 years old)
worldwide has risen ten-fold in the past four
decades, the World Health Organization (WHO)
disclosed (Echaluce, 2017). If the current issue
continue, the number of children and adolescents
who will become obese will continuously rise.
The study analyzed weight and height
measurements from nearly 130 million people
aged over five years (31.5 million people aged
five to 19, and 97.4 million aged 20 and older),
making it the largest ever number of participants
involved in an epidemiological study (Clarisse,
2017). Within that age range, the researcher
asserted that most of people who are
experiencing obesity are students.
In a school, we can encounter bully
students that will harass other students who they
think are weaker than them. According to
Cambridge dictionary (n.d), a bully is a person
who threatens to hurt someone and often forcing
that person to do something. Some students who
are being bullied are the obese students because
of their weight.
A null hypothesis can be asserted that
obesity does not affects a student’s academic
performance.
Obesity and overweight have been
compromise as element in poor academic
performance for elementary and high school
students. Some studies have implicated early
childhood and adolescent obesity or overweight,
in poor performance in school (Burkhalter and know how students should avoid the negative
Hillman, 2011). With the help of this research, an effects of obesity to maintain their grade.
alternative hypothesis can be asserted that obesity
affects a student’s academic performance. This study also is for the high school students
Obesity and overweight can cause poor academic of taguig city to point out how obesity affects
performance for elementary and high school their academic performance
students, some studies have been approve in early
childhood and adolescent obesity can cause poor
academic performance.

A large fast food meal, consisting of a

double cheeseburger, French fries, a soft drink,
and dessert, is roughly 2,200 calories. In order to
expend the energy consumed in this one meal, a
person would need to run a full marathon
(Ebbeling, n.d). If eaten on a regularly basis,
children and adolescents are unlikely to maintain
an acceptable weight. Obesity affects lives in
various ways with serious consequences to a
person’s health, including immediate and long-
term health effects.
Some complications of childhood
obesity include cardiovascular disease, such as
high cholesterol or blood pressure; pre-diabetes,
which indicates off-balanced blood glucose
levels and can result in diabetes; and bone and
joint problems, including flat feet, sleep apnea,
asthma, gallstones, and polycystic ovarian
syndrome (Mcnutt, 2010).
The effects of childhood obesity do not
stop at physical and psychological outcomes:
Recent research indicates that childhood obesity
may also affect cognition and therefore academic
achievement (Yau, 2012).

This research seeks to determine the

following research questions— (1) how do
obesity affects a student’s academic
performance?; and (2) what are the effects of
obesity?

The purpose of this study is to determine the

effects of obesity to the academic
performance. This research also aims to
METHODOLOGY
Research Design

The researcher use a descriptive research

design since this study seek to established cause
and effect relationship between two or more
variables. Descriptive research design is a
scientific method which involves observing and
describing the behaviour of a subject without
influencing it in any way (Explorable, n.d).

Respondents

The researcher will use simple random

sampling to gather respondents. A simple random
sample is a subset of a statistical population in
which each member of the subset has an equal
probability of being chosen. A simple random
sample is meant to be an unbiased representation
of a group (Investopedia, n.d)

The respondents will have a totality of fifty (50)

and all come from Teston Senior High School
with no specific gender included.

Instruments

The researcher conducted this research

with online survey through Google forms.
Google forms uses to determine the statistical
data and information needed for the discussion of
the research. The researcher collected all data
given by the respondents and used it as a strong
evidence to prove that the study is credible and
authentic.