An evaluation of the impact of a school nutrition programme in Vietnam

Public Health Nutrition

Andrew Hall¹  Frank Valdivia¹  Tran Thi Minh Hanh¹  Tran Pham Nha Quynh¹  Katherine Farley¹ 

关键词: Vietnam;    Primary school;    Children;    Feeding;    Evaluation;    Weight gain;    Growth;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980007382530

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a school nutrition programme on the weight gain and growth of Vietnamese schoolchildren.DesignA proximate cluster evaluation of children in seven schools, in which fortified milk and biscuits supplying 300 kcal of energy were being given on school days, compared with children in 14 nearby schools with no feeding. All children were dewormed.SettingTwenty-one primary schools in Dong Thap Province, Vietnam.SubjectsA cohort of 1080 children in grade 1 of 21 primary schools, and a cross-sectional interview of 400 children in grade 3.ResultsThe programme gave children the equivalent of 90 kcal day− 1 over 17 months. t-Tests showed a small but statistically significant difference between groups in their average gain in weight and height: 3.19 versus 2.95 kg (P 

【 授权许可】

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