An evaluation of the impact of a school nutrition programme in Vietnam

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 819-826

  Hall, Andrew ^a   Hanh, Tran Thi Minh ^b   Farley, Katherine ^c   Quynh, Tran Pham Nha ^c   Valdivia, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Nutrition Center   (Viet Nam)

^c Land O'Lakes Animal Milk Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Evaluation; Feeding; Growth; Primary school; Vietnam; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; VIET NAM; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; SCHOOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34447134788     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007382530     Document Type: Article

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