The relationship between nutrition and children's educational performance: a focus on the United Arab Emirates.
nutritional status and their educational achievement. It is argued that education policy makers must consider nutrition as a key factor in the design of educational interventions to improve the participation and academic performance of school-age children. Historically, analyses aimed at improving a...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition Bulletin Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 11 - 21 |
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| Formato: | statistics tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2003
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