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SCN News No 16 - Nutrition of the School-age Child

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1998

Available in : English

This feature brings together a variety of articles, and reports of two new publications on the health and nutrition of school-age children. The papers range in content from the assessment of nutritional status in school-age children, to examples of school-based nutrition and feeding programmes in different countries. The nutritional concerns of school children in industrialised countries - concerns that are also emerging in some areas of the developing world - are also presented.

Documents :
SCN News No 16 (PDF, 1.45Mb)

Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Diet and lifestyle, general, Household Food Security and community nutrition, general, Micronutrients, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Overnutrition, general, School age nutrition and adolescents , general, Undernutrition, general, Energy dense nutrient low diet, Food and nutrition policies and strategies, Fortification, Fortification, Healthy diet, Iron / Anaemia, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Obesity and overweight, Programmes, School feeding, School feeding, Underweight

Life-cycle focus : Lactation, School age

Resource types : Newsletters

Locations : India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal

Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Household Food Security, Nutrition of School-Age Children, Nutrition, Ethics and Human Rights