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The expected effects of the National School Nutrition Programme: Evidence from a case study in Cape Town, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
School feeding programmes have become a worldwide poverty reduction strategy that are designed to enhance human capital, i.e. nutrition and education. In South Africa, the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) began ...
The effects of internal migration and related factors on nutrient intake and anthropometric status of children aged 1-9 years in South Africa, 1999
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The purpose of this study was to provide a national overview on internal migration of children and to relate these migration patterns to the nutritional status of children. This study specifically investigated the internal ...
In the best interest of the child: Food choices and body mass index of adult and children living in urban peripheral townships in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The increase in overweight and obesity worldwide is described as a global health epidemic. A great proportion of this epidemic is now found in low- and middle-income countries with higher levels of prevalence, particularly ...
The relationship between the nutritional status of children within early childhood development centres in delft and their compliance to the expanded programme of immunization and routine vitamin a supplementation
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Public health care interventions namely, the Expanded Programme on Immunizations (EPI) integrated with the Vitamin A supplementation programme (VAS) has been used for many years with the main intentions of preventing and ...
Commercial baby food: Consumption, sugar content and labelling practices in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
There has been a worldwide increase in the consumption of processed foods in low- and middle-income countries. Processed foods are now easily available and accessible with the increased presence of transnational corporations, ...