A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial

Attention to nutrition during all phases of child and adolescent development is necessary to ensure healthy physical growth and to protect investments made earlier in life. Leveraging school meals programs as platforms to scale-up nutrition interventions is relevant as programs function in nearly ev...

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Autores principales: Gelli, Aulo, Aurino, Elisabetta, Folson, Gloria, Arhinful, Daniel K., Adamba, Clement, Osei-Akoto, Isaac, Alderman, Harold
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146743
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author Gelli, Aulo
Aurino, Elisabetta
Folson, Gloria
Arhinful, Daniel K.
Adamba, Clement
Osei-Akoto, Isaac
Alderman, Harold
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Alderman, Harold
Arhinful, Daniel K.
Aurino, Elisabetta
Folson, Gloria
Gelli, Aulo
Osei-Akoto, Isaac
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Arhinful, Daniel K.
Adamba, Clement
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Alderman, Harold
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description Attention to nutrition during all phases of child and adolescent development is necessary to ensure healthy physical growth and to protect investments made earlier in life. Leveraging school meals programs as platforms to scale-up nutrition interventions is relevant as programs function in nearly every country in the world.
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spelling CGSpace1467432025-01-24T08:53:58Z A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial Gelli, Aulo Aurino, Elisabetta Folson, Gloria Arhinful, Daniel K. Adamba, Clement Osei-Akoto, Isaac Alderman, Harold low income groups child nutrition adolescents school feeding nutrition child feeding poverty impact assessment Attention to nutrition during all phases of child and adolescent development is necessary to ensure healthy physical growth and to protect investments made earlier in life. Leveraging school meals programs as platforms to scale-up nutrition interventions is relevant as programs function in nearly every country in the world. 2019-05-21 2024-06-21T09:08:33Z 2024-06-21T09:08:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146743 en Open Access Elsevier Gelli, Aulo; Aurino, Elisabetta; Folson, Gloria; Arhinful, Daniel K.; Adamba, Clement; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Alderman, Harold; et al. 2019. A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial. Journal of Nutrition 149(8): 1434–1442. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz079
spellingShingle low income groups
child nutrition
adolescents
school feeding
nutrition
child feeding
poverty
impact assessment
Gelli, Aulo
Aurino, Elisabetta
Folson, Gloria
Arhinful, Daniel K.
Adamba, Clement
Osei-Akoto, Isaac
Alderman, Harold
A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title_full A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title_fullStr A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title_full_unstemmed A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title_short A school meals program implemented at scale in Ghana increases height-for-age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households: A cluster randomized trial
title_sort school meals program implemented at scale in ghana increases height for age during midchildhood in girls and in children from poor households a cluster randomized trial
topic low income groups
child nutrition
adolescents
school feeding
nutrition
child feeding
poverty
impact assessment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146743
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