Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization's global school-based nutrition education initiative, Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger (FMFH), in schools of Hyderabad, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 991-995

  Rao, G M Subba ^a   Rao, D Raghunatha ^a   Venkaiah, K ^a   Dube, Anil K ^a   Sarma, K V Rameshwar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

FAO; Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger; Nutrition education; Nutrition knowledge; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION;

AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HUNGER; INDIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33846804300     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/PHN2006974     Document Type: Article

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