Research
Association between mid-day meal program participation and composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) among school-going children in eastern India
Nature ·
The Brief
- A study examines the association between participation in India's mid-day meal programme and the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) among school-going children in eastern India.
- The item was listed in a nature.com subject feed dated 2026-11-13; no summary text was provided in the sources.
Why it matters
The study addresses whether a school feeding programme is linked to lower rates of childhood undernutrition and growth failure, which matters for public health and nutrition policy researchers.
Who’s affected
- public health and nutrition researchers
- policymakers working on child nutrition and school feeding programmes
- #nutrition
- #child health
- #school meals
- #india
- #anthropometry