PUBHLTH 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: School Meal, Xeroderma, Malnutrition
29 May 2016
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Chapter 15: nutritional needs of children and school lunch. Case study: national school lunch program in uttar pradesh, india: national mid-day meal scheme in india. Support, some food and funding from government. Regional administration in states and territories: uttar pradesh state lower socioeconomic (ses) indicators than india as a whole. Infant mortality: 160 per 1,000 versus 66. Life expectancy of women: 55 years versus 63. Low literacy, income: malnutrition in uttar pradesh state. Vitamins d, c, and b complex, and iodine lacking: school meals in uttar pradesh. Working with community members encouraged: approaches to the mid-day meal scheme. Delivery of centrally cooked meals by akshay patra foundation, a non- government agency: program results. Increased growth rates, but not pem prevalence. Reduced anemia with school-based iron and folic acid supplements, deworming, education. Gomez classification for assessing malnutrition: healthy child: > 90% of ideal weight. Mild clinical effects: second-degree: 61-75% of ideal weight.
