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Influence of School Feeding Program on Nutritional Status of Children (5-8 Years) of Haryana State in North India


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1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
2 Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Netherlands
     

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Inspite of having a lot of supplementary feeding and health based programs situated in local set up, nutritional status of preschool children, school age children and women in Haryana state did not show any improvement in the past decade. Supplementary feeding for all children upto VIII standard at schools and for women and preschool children at Anganwadi centers under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) are the examples of presently running supplementary feeding program in Haryana.
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N. Varsha Rani
Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
Khetarpaul
Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
D. Brouwers Inge
Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, Netherlands
S. Jood
Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India

Abstract


Inspite of having a lot of supplementary feeding and health based programs situated in local set up, nutritional status of preschool children, school age children and women in Haryana state did not show any improvement in the past decade. Supplementary feeding for all children upto VIII standard at schools and for women and preschool children at Anganwadi centers under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) are the examples of presently running supplementary feeding program in Haryana.