title: [ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FITNESS, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  several studies demonstrated that regular physical exercise would impact positively on the academic performance of students.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to determine the association between physical fitness, nutritional status and academic performance of students of Pedagogy in Physical Education from Temuco, Chile.
  
  
  METHODS
  the sample was selected on a non-probabilistic approach, which included 208 subjects (n = 153 women and n = 55 women). The variables studied were physical fitness (short Abs, long jump with feet together, forward trunk flexion, elbow flexion and extension and "course navette" test), nutritional status (BMI) and academic performance (classified as up and down the academic average).
  
  
  RESULTS
  87.5% of students have a satisfactory fitness and a BMI of 23.8 ± 2.9 kg/m2. The students with the best academic performance were those with the higher proportion of satisfactory physical condition (92.5 %). No association between academic performance and nutritional status was determined, but it was observed between low fitness and a great risk of low academic performance (OR = 2.8, 95% CI 1.0 to 8 1; p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a relationship between academic achievement and physical fitness among students is observed, but no for the nutritional status and the academic performance.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Godoy Cumillaf
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Actividad Física y Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valdés Badilla
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Custodio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fariña Herrera
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cárcamo Mora
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bernice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Medina Herrera
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física, Facultad de Educación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, sede Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elías
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meneses Sandoval
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Evaluación y Acreditación, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Relmu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gedda Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad San Sebastián. Chile.. sduran74@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durán Agüero
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000379:methods*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students; D055815:Young Adult