IMPACT OF NUTRITION ON

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Group 8: Nikki Soares, John Kim, Marley Caliendo
 INTRODUCTION
Topic: How is academic performance (GPA) impacted by
nutritional choices?
• We asked:
• Demographics (sex, year of study, GPA)
• Number of meals eaten per day
• Amount of caffeine in oz. consumed a day
• Collected data from surveys given on Google Docs Form
• Obtained 133 responses
 GPA AND MEALS
GPA AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF MEALS BY YOS
4.50

4.00

3.50

3.00

2.50
GPA by Year of Study
Average Number of Meals by Year of Study
2.00

1.50

1.00

0.50

0.00
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate
 GPA AND CAFFEINE
GPA by Year and Caff eine Consumption
18.00

16.00

14.00

12.00
GPA by Year of Study

10.00
GPA
Caffeine consumption in ounces
8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate

Year of Study
 GPA AND SUGAR
GPA AND ITEMS OF REFINED SUGAR
7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00
GPA by YOS
Refined Sugar Items
3.00

2.00

1.00

0.00
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate

Year of Study
 ANALYSIS
• Majority of respondents were freshman
• Then sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students respectively
• Juniors drink the most caffeine (Graduate students in second place)
• Graduate students have highest GPA (represented smallest number of
participants)
• Seniors ate the most meals on average
• Freshman ate the least amount of meals on average
• The majority of participants eat home cooked meals the most
THOUGH THE RESULTS WERE INTERESTING, WE
FOUND THERE WAS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN
STUDENT’S NUTRITION AND THEIR ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE (GPA)