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School feeding reduces anemia prevalence in adolescent girls and other vulnerable household members in a cluster randomized controlled trial in Uganda

Food for education (FFE) programs that include school meals are widely used to improve school participation and performance, but evidence on nutritional benefits is limited. This study tested whether food fortified with multiple micronutrients provided in FFE programs reduced anemia prevalence of pr...

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Autores principales: Adelman, Sarah W., Gilligan, Daniel O., Konde-Lule, Joseph, Alderman, Harold
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
internally displaced persons
anaemia
child nutrition
adolescents
school feeding
restricted feeding
preschool children
nutrition
trace elements
child feeding
food fortification
women
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145730
Sumario:Food for education (FFE) programs that include school meals are widely used to improve school participation and performance, but evidence on nutritional benefits is limited. This study tested whether food fortified with multiple micronutrients provided in FFE programs reduced anemia prevalence of primary-school-age adolescent girls, adult women, and preschool children.

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