Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Children: the impact of linking community kitchens to a school food program on children's diet diversity, nutritional status and school performance
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Children's diet diversity and nutritional statusNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15931286
- Lead Sponsor
- The Nestle Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World
- Brief Summary
2017 Abstract results in https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/480486 results presented at 21st International Congress of Nutrition 2017 Abstract results in https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.297.2 results presented at Experimental Biology, Chicago, 2019 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31753059/ Process evaluation (added 25/04/2022) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33274308/ (added 25/04/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1362
Inclusion Criteria
1. Child aged over 6 years
2. Registered student in one of four specified UNRWA schools
Exclusion Criteria
None - children were asked to declare any food allergies they might have
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Schoolchildren’s diet diversity assessed using the Diet Diversity Score (DDS) at the baseline and<br> after 8 months<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> The following are assessed at the baseline and after 8 months:<br> 1. Nutritional status, assessed by measuring height and weight and recording age and calculating<br> indices such as height-for-age Z-score and BMI-for-age Z-score<br> 2. Haemoglobin, assessed using a Hemocue<br> 3. School absence, assessed by the number of school days missed between the baseline and the<br> end of the study<br> 4. Educational outcomes, including final language and maths grades<br>