Breakfast and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 635-640

  Basch, Charles E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement gap; Breakfast; Child and adolescent health; Cognition; Coordinated school health programs; Diet; Nutrition; School absenteeism; School connectedness; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ABSENTEEISM; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052952932     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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