The relationship between nutrition and children's educational performance: A focus on the United Arab Emirates

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-20

  Galal, Osman ^a   Hulett, Judie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Education; Malnutrition; Nutrition; School children; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

NEXUS;

EID: 0037355729     PISSN: 01419684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-3010.2003.00301.x     Document Type: Review

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