School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school children

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Zenebe, Mastewal ^a   Gebremedhin, Samson ^a   Henry, Carol J ^b   Regassa, Nigatu ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary diversity; Nutritional status; School feeding program; Southern Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCALE UP; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85043601844     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-018-0449-1     Document Type: Article

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