Impact of NGO run mid day meal program on nutrition status and growth of primary school children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 763-769

  Sharma, A K ^b   Singh, Samiksha ^b   Meena, Sonali ^a   Kannan, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child growth; Malnutrition; Mid day meal; Primary school; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; AVITAMINOSIS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; INDIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

AVITAMINOSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; GROWTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77955922770     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0116-z     Document Type: Article

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