eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Nutrition and Health 2016-08-10 4 1 10 15 10.12691/jnh-4-1-3 JNH2016413 article Alejandra Lozano Bustillo alejandra301@gmail.com 1 Daniela Michell Ocampo Eguigurems 1 Waleska Rosario Betancourth Melendez 1 Kelly Anaid Montalvan Chirinos 1 2 Doctor in Medicine and General Surgery, Hospital Escuela Universitario, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Since 1980, children with obesity between 6 and 11 years of age have doubled, and the percentage of obese adolescents from 12 to 19 years has tripled. It has been found a deterioration of cognitive performance in a growing number of obese adolescents. It has been observed a relationship between birth weight and an adverse academic performance a posteriori. In this review we describe the different relationships between obesity in adolescents and its impact on the academic performance from different articles published between the years 2008 to 2016. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jnh/4/1/3/jnh-4-1-3.pdf obesity adolescent overweight academic performance school performance physical activity