A.

GENERAL

1. Title of Paper: EFFECT OF BREAKFAST SKIPPING ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OF 10-16 YEARS OLD CHILDREN OF UDUPI DISTRICT
2. Published on: Health and Population - Perspectives and Issues 37 (3 & 4), 98-117
3. Date of publish: 2014

B. ARTICLE FORMAT (A: Available, NA: Not Available)

1. Title: A (page 98)

2. Abstract and/or Summary: A (page 98)
3. Introduction, Background: A (page 99)
4. Method: A (page 100)
5. Result: A (page 100)
6. Discussion: A (page 100)
7. Acknowledgement: NA
8. Refence: A (page 116)
9. CONCLUSION: NOT COMPLETE

C. VALIDITY OF RESEARCH

1. The Objectives of Study: To find the relation on breakfast skipping on nutritional status
and school perfomance of school children.
2. Methodology
o Design: Cross Sectional Study
o Hierarchy of Evidence : 3
o Sample : School children from 3 selected schools
o Sample Size : 195
o Inclusion Criteria : School children of Age: 10-16 years and from Udupi District.
o Sampling Frame : Sampling Purposive. The sample was school children in
Udupi district because very less published work about prevalence breakfast skipping
in school going in India, precisely Udupi and Manipal. (p.100)
 o Methodology : Data was collected from selected samples, tabulated and
analyzed over a period of 4 months.
o Measurement and/or Assessment : Demographic profiles, anthropometric
measurement like current weight, height, body mass index (BMI) were collected and
analyzed using WHO criteria. The author using many parameters to identified the
school perfomance relation with breakfast skipping. The data collected with interview
that scheduled and tabulated the data and analyzed it from linked refrences.
o Instrument : Interview schedule, Tabulated the data with Kuppuswamy scale
(2007) and SPSS Package Version 16.0 to analyze statistic data.
o Randomization : Randomized Controll Trials ( RCT)
o Intervention : No Intervention
o Analysis Method : Using statical analysis tool : the collected data is analyzed
with chi-square and t-test is used for statistical testing. Demographic profiles,
anthropometric measurement like current weight, height, body mass index (BMI) were
analyzed using WHO criteria.
3. Answer the following questions

o Was the instruments suitable for the data that researchers wants to measure?
Yes, it was.
o Was the study design appropriate for the research question or objectives of the
study? Yes , it was.
o Did the study methods address the most important potential sources of bias?
Yes, it did
o Was the study performed according to the original protocol? Yes, it was.
o Were the statistical analysis performed correctly? Yes, they were.
o Do the data justify the conclusions? Yes, it does.
o Are there any conflicts of interest? No, there are’nt
2. CONCLUSION: VALID (Based on items 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7)

D. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESEARCH

 Does the study add anything new? Yes, it does