A Review of Nutritional Guidelines and Menu Compositions for School Feeding Programs in 12 Countries

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Aliyar, Ruzky ^a,b   Gelli, Aulo ^b   Hamdani, Salha Hadjivayanis ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

education; guidelines; nutrition; poverty; school feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000678453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00148     Document Type: Review

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