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Record Nr.

UNINA9910446346903321

Autore

Jukes Matthew C. H

Titolo

School health, nutrition, and education for all : levelling the playing field / / Matthew C.H. Jukes, Lesley J. Drake, Donald A.P. Bundy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-20463-3

9786611204631

1-84593-312-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DrakeLesley J

BundyDonald A. P

Disciplina

371.7/16091724

Soggetti

School children - Health and hygiene - Developing countries

Children - Nutrition - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of boxes, figures and tables; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; About the authors; About the book; Chapter 1 The compelling case for school health and nutrition; Chapter 2 Challenges for child health and nutrition; Chapter 3 Health, nutrition and access to education; Chapter 4 Long-term effects of preschool health and nutrition on educational achievement; Chapter 5 Health, nutrition and educational achievement of school-age children; Chapter 6 Costs and benefits of school health and nutrition interventions; Chapter 7 School health and nutrition programmes

ReferencesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the challenges to child health and nutrition, the impact of these on education and the costs, benefits and policy options involved in the implementation of health and nutrition programmes in schools.