MSN India published an article stating that an IFPRI study shows that women who received free meals in primary school have children with improved linear growth. According to Harold Alderman, a senior research fellow, “Findings from previous evaluations of India’s MDM scheme have shown a positive association with beneficiaries’ school attendance, learning achievement, hunger, and protein-energy malnutrition, and resilience to health shocks.” Also published in Daily Hunt (India), Medical Express (India), New Indian Express.
India’s national school meal programme linked to improved growth in children: Study (MSN India)
July 13, 2021