School health, nutrition and education for all : levelling the playing field / Matthew C. H. Jukes, Lesley J. Drake, Donald A. P. Bundy.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (xii, 145 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Children -- Nutrition -- Developing countries
- Child
- Educational Status
- Nutrition Policy
- School Health Services -- utilization
- Health Promotion
- Developing Countries
- School children -- Health and hygiene -- Developing countries
- Food Economics, (New March 2000)
- Health Economics, (New March 2000)
- Health Services
- Human Nutrition (General)
- Nutrition related Disorders and Therapeutic Nutrition
- Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000)
- Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000)
- Man
- Access
- Children
- Costs
- Education
- Educational performance
- Health
- Health programs
- Human diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Nutrition
- Nutrition programmes
- School children
- Schools
- EE116
- EE118
- UU350
- VV100
- VV130
- VV210
- VV220
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- LB3409.D44 J85 2008eb
This book contains 7 chapters. The following topics are discussed: case for school health and nutrition; challenges for child health and nutrition (infectious diseases and nutritional deficiencies); health, nutrition and access to education; long-term effects of preschool health and nutrition on educational achievement; health, nutrition and educational achievement of school age children; costs and benefits of school health and nutrition interventions; and school health and nutrition programmes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-140) and index.
The compelling case for school health and nutrition -- Challenges for child health and nutrition -- Health, nutrition and access to education -- Long-term effects of preschool health and nutrition on educational achievement -- Health, nutrition and educational achievement of school-age children -- Costs and benefits of school health and nutrition interventions -- School health and nutrition programmes.
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