Birth weight predicts academic performance among Ghanaian school children Haruna Zaid (  zaidcop@gmail.com ) Biomedical and Public Health Research Unite, Council for Scientiｦc and Industrial Research-Water Research Institute Zakari Ali Nutrition and Planetary Health Theme, MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara Alhassan Mahama Department of Educational Foundations Studies, Faculty of Education, University for Development Studies Abdulai Abubakari Department of Global and International Health, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies Research Article Keywords: Low birth weight, academic performance, school children, Northern Ghana Posted Date: September 12th, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3324742/v1 License:   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Additional Declarations: No competing interests reported.