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School-related Feeding and Replacement

, 2023
During school closures, take-home rations were provided to students and the amount of funding for school feeding was increased to accommodate this ...
Mary Daly (14105283), Sunwoo Ryu (14170071), Ertugrul Polat (14224004)   +2 more
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Evaluation of food purchasing in the Brazilian School Feeding Programme: feasibility of the requirements and recommendations. [PDF]

Public Health Nutr, 2023
Objective: To analyse the purchase of food for school feeding, according to the extent and purpose of industrial processing and variety, exploring the feasibility of achieving the requirements and recommendations of the Brazilian School Feeding Programme,
Azevedo ABC, Bandoni DH, Amorim ALB, Canella DS.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Broader Economic Value of School Feeding Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Estimating the Multi-Sectoral Returns to Public Health, Human Capital, Social Protection, and the Local Economy

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Introduction: Globally, there are 370 million children receiving school meals every day. Coverage is least in low-income countries, where the need is greatest and where program costs are viewed as high in comparison with the benefits to public health ...
Stéphane Verguet, Paulina Limasalle, Averi Chakrabarti, Arif Husain, Carmen Burbano, Lesley Drake, Donald A. P. Bundy   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

School feeding in Ethiopia: a scoping review. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Undernutrition is a major public health problem in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Undernourished children are smaller and have low weight.
Mideksa S, Getachew T, Bogale F, Woldie E, Ararso D, Samuel A, Girma M, Tessema M, Hadis M.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microbiological quality assessment of fresh produce: Potential health risk to children and urgent need for improved food safety in school feeding schemes. [PDF]

Food Sci Nutr, 2023
About 388 million school‐going children worldwide benefit from school feeding schemes, which make use of fresh produce to prepare meals. Fresh produce including leafy greens and other vegetables were served at 37% and 31% of school feeding programs ...
Msimango T, Duvenage S, Du Plessis EM, Korsten L.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Evaluating the Impact of Indonesia's National School Feeding Program (ProGAS) on Children's Nutrition and Learning Environment: A Mixed-Methods Approach. [PDF]

Nutrients
Background: Nutrition problems among primary school children increase the risk of illness, reduce school attendance, and impair academic performance.
Pramesthi IL, Wiradnyani LAA, Anggraini R, Februhartanty J, Widaryat W, Waluyo BH, Wahyunto AT, Mansyur M, Fahmida U.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

An appraisal of the implementation of the national school feeding programme and its effect on enrolment and attendance in public primary schools in Southeast, Nigeria: perception of heads of schools. [PDF]

BMC Nutr, 2023
Introduction The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) was re-launched in Nigeria in 2016, eleven years after it was first introduced in the country, with Enugu as one of the beneficiary States.
Agu CI, Ossai EN, Ogah OE, Agu IC, Akamike I, Ugwu GO, Edwin N, Ewenyi BL, Azuogu BN.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

School Feeding Programs: What Happens Globally? [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
School feeding programs (SFPs) are an important effort to address food insecurity, improve nutritional education, and ultimately improve health outcomes.
Cupertino A, Ginani V, Cupertino AP, Botelho RBA.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Benefits and Difficulties of Implementing Family-Farming Food Purchases in the Brazilian National School Feeding Program. [PDF]

Int J Public Health
Objectives: To explore the opinions of Brazilian National School Feeding Program (NSFP) nutritionists concerning the benefits and difficulties of implementing family-farming food purchases for the school feeding program.
Tuliende MIED, Martinelli SS, Soares P, Fabri RK, Bianchini VU, Cavalli SB.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effect of school feeding program on body mass index of primary school adolescents in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study. [PDF]

Front Nutr, 2022
Background Governments and developmental organizations are encouraged to devote adequate resources to the establishment of free school meals to low-income children in developing countries. In Ethiopia, the school feeding program (SFP) is implemented in a
Mohammed B, Belachew T, Kedir S, Abate KH.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources