Integrated health and nutrition packages in schools have been shown to be a cost-effective approach to support children’s well-being and academic achievement; yet few countries adequately invest in promoting such integration.
This study investigated smallholder farmers' access and participation in the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) market and the uptake of a mobile phone platform (MPP) in HGSFP procurement in Tharaka Nithi, Kitui and Kilifi Counties of Kenya.
This study examined the effect of a school-based nutrition and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) education on low body mass index (BMI;<18.5 kg/m2) and malnutrition symptoms among adolescents in Gojra.
The scale and near universality of school closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the vital role schools play in protecting the health and wellbeing of learners.
Poor nutritional choices and unhealthy behaviors are considered responsible for the rise in childhood overweight and obesity and may reinforce each other, creating a vicious cycle.
This review examines and describes current school food and nutrition initiatives within the literature that aim to promote healthier, sustainable diets within the Pacific Islands region.
In this brief, we propose a framework to conceptualize gender considerations in home-grown school feeding programs to inform research, practice, and policy.
En 2020, le WWF France a lancé le programme Ecole Jardinière pour encourager, diffuser et pérenniser la pratique des jardins pédagogiques dans les établissements scolaires grâce à des contenus pédagogiques alignés sur les programmes scolaires et des fiches d'activités clés en main.
School feeding programmes (SFPs) are widely implemented to address child poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, yet evidence on their influence on children’s health outcomes is limited.
The contextual data available through TIMSS 2023 can be used to derive patterns of well-being and school climate, which allow exploring systems-level questions about the quality of national education systems.