Breakfast, midday meals and academic achievement in rural primary schools in Uganda: Implications for education and school health policy

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Acham, Hedwig ^a   Kikafunda, Joyce K ^a   Malde, Marian K ^b   Oldewage Theron, Wilna H ^c   Egal, AbdulKadir A ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Education; Primary schools; School health policy; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857166069     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v56i0.11217     Document Type: Article

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