RISK FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DIETARY SELF-SABOTAGE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AT SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY XAVIER DE CHUQUISACA, MANAGEMENT 2024

Abstract

“Bad eating habits are the student’s hidden enemy, a subtle but powerful self-sabotage that undermines

concentration and memory at the crucial moment of study.”

The transition to university life brings with it significant changes in the habits of students, impacting both their personal and academic sphere. Thisstudy aims to identify the risk factors associated with food self-sabotage and their influence on the academic performance of first-year students of the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Mayor Real Pontificia San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, management 2024.

Through a quantitative approach, questionnaires were administered to a sample of 153 students, aged between 17 and 21, all belonging to the first year of medicine. The indicators evaluated include age, sex, nutritional status, body mass index (BMI), brachial and abdominal circumference, as well as the relationship between these risk factors, food self-sabotage and academic performance.