Impact of National Egyptian school feeding program on growth, development, and school achievement of school children

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2020, Pages 393-400

  Metwally, A M ^a   El Sonbaty, Marwa M ^a,b   El Etreby, L A ^a   Salah El Din, E M ^a   Abdel Hamid, N ^c   Hussien, H A ^c   Hassanin, A M ^c   Monir, Z M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cognition; Growth; Performance; School feeding

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY VIGILANCE TEST; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EDUCATION; EGYPTIAN; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY TEST; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FOOD ASSISTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOLS;

EID: 85079516877     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-020-00342-8     Document Type: Article

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