Sugar
Overview
- Influence: Sugar
- Domain: Student
- Sub-Domain: Physical influences
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
- Influence Definition: Studies have shown that sugar consumption is linked to dental health problems, weight gain, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 23
- Number of students: 1,791
- Number of effects: 93
- Weighted mean effect size: -0.13
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | First Author's Country | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | Wolraich, Wilson, & White | USA | The effect of sugar on behavior or cognition in children: a meta-analysis | 1995 | Sugar on cognition | 23 | 1,791 | 93 | -0.13 |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 23 | 1,791 | 93 | -0.13 | |||||