Promoting school readiness through a preschool feeding program: A nutritional nudge to improve at-risk preschooler’s cognitive development in Armenia

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dc.creatorKnauer, Heather A.
dc.creatorBalasanyan, Sona
dc.creatorBakhshinyan, Elmira
dc.creatorAlderman, Harold
dc.date2021-10-05
dc.date2024-05-22T12:13:50Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:13:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:28:22Z
dc.descriptionMany school feeding programs target child hunger, nutritional deficiencies, attendance, and education outcomes but often do not examine their effects on cognitive development. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial, we tested the effects of adding a morning snack to a school lunch program on the fluid intelligence of 951 children ages 4 to 6 years. While there were no significant effects on development overall, the morning snack improved short-term memory (STM) and total score on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence, Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV) among children from the lowest quartile of household expenditures (STM: 0.35SD, p = 0.020; WPPSI-IV: 0.65SD, p = 0.087), and those whose mothers completed secondary school or less (STM: 0.35SD, p = 0.002; total WPPSI-IV: 0.81SD, p = 0.011). For at risk preschoolers, school snack programs may help meet their developmental needs.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143396
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105422
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.07.005
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.3.1019-10515R1
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKnauer, Heather A.; Balasanyan, Sona; Bakhshinyan, Elmira; and Alderman, Harold. 2021. Promoting school readiness through a preschool feeding program: A nutritional nudge to improve at-risk preschooler’s cognitive development in Armenia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2046. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134624.
dc.subjectschool feeding
dc.subjectpreschool children
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectchildren
dc.titlePromoting school readiness through a preschool feeding program: A nutritional nudge to improve at-risk preschooler’s cognitive development in Armenia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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