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Evaluating the impact of World Health Organization ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ approaches on adolescent nutrition outcomes in rural Sri Lanka

Abstract:: 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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Williams, J. (2017). Evaluating the impact of World Health Organization ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ approaches on adolescent nutrition outcomes in rural Sri Lanka [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Williams, J. Evaluating the Impact of World Health Organization ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ Approaches on Adolescent Nutrition Outcomes in Rural Sri Lanka. 2017. University of Oxford, PhD thesis.

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Williams, J. 2017. “Evaluating the Impact of World Health Organization ‘Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative’ Approaches on Adolescent Nutrition Outcomes in Rural Sri Lanka.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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+ Williams, J More by this author

Division:: MSD
Department:: Nuffield Department of Population Health, Centre for Population-based Approaches to Noncommunicable Disease Prevention
Role:: Author

Contributors

Role:: Supervisor

Role:: Supervisor

+ Wickramasinghe, K

Role:: Supervisor

+ Nuffield Department of Population Health More from this funder

+ British Heart Foundation More from this funder

+ Integrating Nutrition Promotion and Rural Development (World Bank South Asian Food And Nutrition Fund) More from this funder

DOI:: 10.5287/ora-8gy09jaqo
Type of award:: DPhil
Level of award:: Doctoral
Awarding institution:: University of Oxford

Language:: Engish
Keywords:: Body Weight

Multilevel

BMI

Nutrition

Adolescent

School

Sri Lanka

Health

World Health Organization
UUID:: uuid:0595aecf-23e7-407a-9eac-57ea4b7bc7f2
Deposit date:: 2019-01-31
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_0595aecf23e7407a9eac57ea4b7bc7f2

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Copyright holder:: Williams, J
Copyright date:: 2017

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