The case for cooked meals: Concerns regarding the proposed policy shifts in the mid-day meal and ICDS programs

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-449

  Deshpande, Mita ^a   Dasgupta, Rajib ^a   Baru, Rama ^a   Mohanty, Aparna ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; COOKED FOOD; COURT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SHORT SURVEY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; COOKERY; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; NUTRITION POLICY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 45849102014     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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