Open AccessComparison of nutritional status of rural and urban school students receiving midday meals in schools of Bengaluru, India
Author(s) -
CN Shalini,
NS Murthy,
Shweta Shalini,
Dinesh Raja,
N S Shivaraj,
S. P. Suryanarayana
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.132309
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , percentile , demography , meal , anthropometry , weight for age , rural area , obesity , pediatrics , gerontology , overweight , statistics , mathematics , sociology , pathology
The objective of the study was to assess the impact of the mid day meal program by assessing the nutritional status of school students aged 5-15 years receiving midday meals in rural schools and compare them with those in urban schools in Bengaluru, India.
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