Do healthy school meals affect illness, allergies and school attendance in 8-to 11-year-old children? A cluster-randomised controlled study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 626-631

  Laursen, R P ^a   Lauritzen, L ^a   Ritz, C ^a   Dyssegaard, C B ^b   Astrup, A ^a   Michaelsen, K F ^a   Damsgaard, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DANISH CITIZEN; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FEVER; FISH; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POLLEN ALLERGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL MEAL; SELF REPORT; SORE THROAT; STOMACH PAIN; VEGETABLE; VOMITING; WELLBEING; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD WELFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIET; HYPERSENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUNCH; MALE; MEALS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929050112     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.263     Document Type: Article

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