Micronutrient‐fortified milk and academic performance among Chinese middle school students: A cluster‐randomized controlled trial

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoqin ^a   Hui, Zhaozhao ^a   Dai, Xiaoling ^b   Terry, Paul D ^c   Zhang, Yue ^a   Ma, Mei ^a   Wang, Mingxu ^a   Deng, Fu ^d   Gu, Wei ^a   Lei, Shuangyan ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Ma, Mingyue ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Provincial Tumor Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Xi'an Tie Yi High School   (China)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Fortified milk; Micronutrient; Middle school students; Motivated strategies for learning

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; IRON; RETINOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MILK; MOTIVATED STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SELENIUM; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN D;

EID: 85014760381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9030226     Document Type: Article

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