nutrition

Policies & Strategies
Policies & Strategies | 2017

National school meals and nutrition strategy 2017-2022

This document outlines a strategy for the design and implementation of nutrition-sensitive school meals in Kenya. It is based on the commitment of the Government of Kenya to ensure that school

Policies & Strategies
Policies & Strategies | 2017

Eating and learning togther: recommendations for school meals

School meals are the highlight of the school day, and support learning, school satisfaction, food competence and development of food sense. The lunchbreak gives the daily work schedule a natural structure and provides pupils as well as school staff an opportunity for refreshment.

Conference Reports
Conference Reports | 2017

Global school health initiatives: achieving health and education outcomes

The WHO School Health Technical Meeting was held in Bangkok on 23–25 November 2015 to consolidate what had been learned from regions and countries since the last WHO Technical Meeting on School Health in 2007 and to renew commitments and scale-up of the institutional capacity of the health and ed

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2001

Menarche and its implications for educational policy in Peru

Indigenous girls in rural areas live in the most extreme poverty and make up the least educated groups in Peru. These girls face numerous constraints to obtaining an education. Enrollment rates are lower for girls in rural areas, and their grade repetition rates are higher than those for boys.

Literature Reviews
Literature Reviews | 2018

Physical health and well-being in children and youth

This paper provides an overview of trends in physical health outcomes of young people over the last several decades. It makes the argument for the importance of physical health and well-being for the individual and society, including its role in education outcomes.

Toolkits & Guides
Toolkits & Guides | 2016

School feeding : manual for SABER-SF exercise

SABER–School Feeding (SABER-SF) is a useful approach to assessing the school feeding policy situation and systems in any country to identify the gaps and plan appropriate capacity development plans and/or road maps with the government and other stakeholders.