ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2020
A Community-Based School Nutrition Intervention Improves Diet Diversity and School Attendance in Palestinian Refugee Schoolchildren in Lebanon.
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- The effect of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions on the double burden of malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.The Lancet. Global health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of school-based nutrition interventions promoted in the League of Arab States: a systematic review.Health promotion international · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status among Refugees in Host Countries: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Does a school snack make a difference? An evaluation of the World Food Programme emergency school feeding programme in Lebanon among Lebanese and Syrian refugee children.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Ajyal Salima a novel public-private partnership model for childhood obesity prevention in the Arab countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Perceptions of School Management on the Relationship between School Nutrition and Development of Non-Communicable Diseases in a Rural South African District: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSchool feeding programs have the potential to supply children with healthy school food, alleviate short-term hunger, and improve children's educational outcomes.
objectivesWe linked community kitchens to a subsidized school snack intervention and assessed the impact of this intervention on nutritional (diet diversity, hemoglobin, and anthropometry) and educational (attendance and academic performance) outcomes of Palestinian refugee schoolchildren.
methodsWe collected data from 1362 students (aged 5-15 y) and their parents at baseline, and at an 8-mo follow-up in 2 control and 2 intervention schools. We conducted linear, logistic, and negative binomial regression analyses to assess changes in outcomes of children participating in the intervention schools compared with children in control schools (intention-to-treat). We also assessed the impact of the snack intervention in children who participated ≥50% of the time (HP, high-participation) compared with those who participated <50% (LP, low-participation), or who only received nutrition education (control) (per protocol). All the analyses were adjusted for child age and gender, maternal education, household expenditure, and school-level clustering effect.
resultsAt endline, there were 648 children in the control group, and within the intervention group, 260 children were LP and 454 were HP. There was a significantly greater increase in overall diet diversity score and dairy consumption in the HP group compared with controls. Both LP and HP groups were more likely to consume proteins, and less likely to consume desserts than controls. Furthermore, the HP group had a significant increase in hemoglobin, and both LP and HP groups had a significant decrease in school absenteeism compared with controls.
conclusionsThis community-based school nutrition intervention had a positive impact on diet diversity, hemoglobin, and school attendance of children.
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