What's in the lunchbox?
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): Z.Abrahams
KEYWORDS: DIETARY HABITS, FOOD AND NUTRITION, FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH, SCHOOL CHILDREN, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/september-2011/in-lunchbox
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7013
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3614
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3614
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Abstract
Preparing a lunchbox for school-going children may have significant advantages for their eating behaviour and long-term health prospects, says ZULFA ABRAHAM and her research team, following a study at disadvantaged schools in the Western Cape.-
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