School feeding contributes to micronutrient adequacy of Ghanaian schoolchildren

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1019-1033

  Abizari, Abdul Razak ^a,b   Buxton, Christiana ^a,d   Kwara, Lugutuah ^a,e   Mensah Homiah, Joseph ^b,f   Armar Klemesu, Margaret ^c   Brouwer, Inge D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^e World Food Programme   (Ghana)

^f Millennium Villages Project   (Ghana)

Author keywords

24h dietary recalls; Ghana School Feeding Programme; Iron deficiency anaemia; Micronutrient adequacy; Nutrition of schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD ANALYSIS; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOYBEAN; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD SERVICES; GHANA; HUMANS; LUNCH; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84912051767     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514001585     Document Type: Article

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