School Feeding Reduces Anemia Prevalence in Adolescent Girls and Other Vulnerable Household Members in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food for education (FFE) programs that include school meals are widely used to improve school participation and performance, but evidence on nutritional benefits is limited.

Objective

This study tested whether food fortified with multiple micronutrients provided in FFE programs reduced anemia prevalence of primary-school-age adolescent girls, adult women, and preschool children.

Methods

Through the use of a cluster randomized controlled trial with individual-level repeated cross-sectional data, we measured impacts on anemia prevalence from 2 FFE programs, a school feeding program (SFP) providing multiple-micronutrient-fortified meals and a nutritionally equivalent take-home ration (THR). Camps for internally displaced people (IDP) (n = 31) in Northern Ugand

SUBMITTER: Adelman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461720 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature