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- ÍtemEmbargoProyecto de titulación embargado con fines de de publicación de impacto(Universidad Católica de Cuenca., 2023) Cabrera Quezada, Emily Paola; Peralta Cardenas, Marco Vinicio; Torres Jerves, Jorge Andres; 0106211196; 0107408486; Jorge AndresThe World Health Organization catalogs women, infants, children and teenagers as those particularly exposed to malnutrition. In Ecuador according to the 2018 National Health and Nutrition Survey the prevalence of overweight and obesity in school children is 35.4%. Determinate the academic performance and its association with the nutritional status in schoolchildren of the “Unidad Educativa del Milenio Sayausí” of Cuenca-Ecuador, in the school period September 2022 - July 2023. An observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. Universe was finite, composed of 960 school-age participants of the “Unidad Educativa del Milenio Sayausí”. Sample size calculated by Fisher and Navarro's formula, 530 randomized participants, using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was anonymized and coded. The information was analyzed through the statistical tool SPSS, obtaining tables to elaborate a conclusion. The average age of the population was 8.84 years; 50.6% were males and 49.4% females; 47.2% had socioeconomic stratum III; 57.2% of schoolchildren achieved the required learning and 42.8% mastered it; 8.7% presented malnutrition, 12.3% obesity and 16.6% overweight, representing 37.5% of malnutrition. It was found a statistically significant association between academic performance and nutritional state OR 1.60 (IC95%:1.12-2.30) and p value = 0.011. It was found a statistically significant association between academic performance and nutritional status of schoolchildren of the “Unidad Educativa del Milenio Sayausí”. We recommend implementing a prevention plan for students the education community in general, providing nutritional information.