title: [Nutritional status and health-related life quality in school children from the southeast of Spain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyze the level of Life Quality (LQ) in relation to nutritional status in a sample of primary school children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional study with 298 participants (53.35% female) of 8-12 years. LQ was assessed by the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire . Measures of weight and size were taken. The BMI (normal-weight, overweight and obesity) was categorized using standard criteria. To establish the relationship between the different statistical variables was performed the Kolmogorov- Smirnov test and analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nutritional status was significantly correlated with LQ (F = 5.096; p =, 007). School children with a normal- weight state showed higher LQ levels compared to those overweight (p = .015) and obese (p =, 013).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results show that nutritional status acts as a differentiating factor in LQ. Adopting active lifestyle behaviours that promote a healthy nutritional status not only can have benefits over health biological parameters (such as physical condition) but can also contribute to improve other LQ indicators and mental health .
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Arancha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gálvez Casas
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosa Guillamón
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Eliseo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García-Cantó
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Pedro L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez García
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Murcia, Murcia.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Soto
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Albacete. España.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Loreto
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tarraga Marcos
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Albacete. España.. pjtarraga@sescam.jccm.es.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tarraga López
mesh_terms: D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011788:Quality of Life; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires