Provision of a School Snack Is Associated with Vitamin B-12 Status, Linear Growth, and Morbidity in Children from Bogotá, Colombia
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 139 (9) , 1744-1750
- https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.109.108662
Abstract
In 2004, Bogotá's Secretary of Education (SED) initiated a snack program in public primary schools. A midmorning food ration was provided free of chKeywords
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