Thesis
Evaluating the impact of World Health Organization ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ approaches on adolescent nutrition outcomes in rural Sri Lanka
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Background
Sri Lanka is a lower-middle income country (LMIC) currently experiencing a double burden of malnutrition. School-based approaches to promoting a healthy diet are one potentially promising method to address these public health challenges. The World Health Organization’s ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ (NFSI) provides a framework of best practices for school-based approaches to promote healthy diets among students, but there has been a dearth of research asse...
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+ Townsend, N
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Supervisor
+ Rayner, M
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Supervisor
+ Wickramasinghe, K
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Supervisor
Funding
Nuffield Department of Population Health
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British Heart Foundation
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Integrating Nutrition Promotion and Rural Development (World Bank South Asian Food And Nutrition Fund)
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- Engish
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-01-31
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- Copyright holder:
- Williams, J
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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