Nutrition in school-age children: a rationale for revisiting priorities

JM Saavedra, AM Prentice - Nutrition Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Middle childhood and early adolescence have received disproportionately low levels of
scientific attention relative to other life stages, especially as related to nutrition and health …

School-based nutrition programs in the eastern Mediterranean region: a systematic review

A Al-Jawaldeh, D Matbouli, S Diab, M Taktouk… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This systematic review aims at documenting government-led school nutrition programs/
interventions in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). A systematic review …

Reverse thinking: taking a healthy diet perspective towards food systems transformations

ID Brouwer, MJ van Liere, A de Brauw… - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
Food systems that deliver healthy diets without exceeding the planet's resources are
essential to achieve the worlds' ambitious development goals. Healthy diets need to be safe …

Impacts of school nutrition interventions on the nutritional status of school-aged children in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Pongutta, O Ajetunmobi, C Davey, E Ferguson, L Lin - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review aims to describe school nutrition interventions implemented in Asia and quantify
their effects on school-aged children's nutritional status. We searched Web of Science …

Evidence for Policies and Practices to Address Global Food Insecurity

L Iannotti, E Kleban, P Fracassi… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Food insecurity affects an estimated 691–783 million people globally and is
disproportionately high in Africa and Asia and arising from poverty, armed conflict, and …

Feasibility and impact of school-based nutrition education interventions on the diets of adolescent girls in Ethiopia: a non-masked, cluster-randomised, controlled trial

SS Kim, C Sununtnasuk, HY Berhane… - The Lancet Child & …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Adolescence is a critical period of physical and psychological development,
especially for girls, because poor nutrition can affect their wellbeing as well as that of their …

Nutrition Education Improves Knowledge of Iron and Iron‐Rich Food Intake Practices among Young Adolescents: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial

MA Wiafe, C Apprey, RA Annan - International Journal of Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Nutrition education targeting adolescents' health has the potential to enhance
their well‐being into adulthood. This study assessed the impact of nutrition education on the …

[HTML][HTML] Testing methods to increase consumption of healthy foods evidence from a school-based field experiment in Viet Nam

T Nguyen, A De Brauw, M Van den Berg, HTP Do - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Schools are an attractive entry point to improve children's diets, as their eating habits can be
shaped during childhood and the information disseminated from school can reach adults …

Effect of nutrition education intervention on nutrition knowledge, attitude, and diet quality among school-going adolescents: a quasi-experimental study

S Raut, D Kc, DR Singh, RR Dhungana, PMS Pradhan… - BMC nutrition, 2024 - Springer
Background Nutrition education is being used to encourage school adolescents to adopt
healthy eating habits. To the best of our knowledge, very little study has been undertaken in …

Promoting healthy school food environments and nutrition in Canada: a systematic review of interventions, policies, and programs

B Carducci, G Dominguez, E Kidd, C Oh… - Nutrition …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Context The school food environment is a critical interface for child and adolescent nutrition,
and there is a need to understand existing literature on Canadian school food environments …