School-based intervention that integrates nutrition education and supportive healthy school food environment among Malaysian primary school children: a study protocol

• Main Authors: Teo, Choon Huey, Chin, Yit Siew, Lim, Poh Ying, Masrom, Shahril Azian, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82064/1/School-based%20intervention%20that%20integrates%20nutrition%20education%20and%20supportive%20healthy%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82064/; https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7708-y

Background: Malnutrition among school children may contribute to adverse health consequences such as non-communicable diseases, poor cognitive performance, psychological distress and poor quality of life that may persist into adulthood. In order to prevent childhood malnutrition, an intervention pro...