Food for Education in Guatemala
Links Between Food Intake and Reading Comprehension
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3887442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas M Crea (0000-0002-8092-7353, Pancreas Centre (Canada), corresponding author), Antonia Diaz-Valdes, Antonia Díaz-Valdés Iriarte (0000-0002-3194-0893), Kaipeng Wang (0000-0002-2206-4318), Scott D Easton (0000-0003-0271-1781), Brenda Urizar |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 947-956 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2019.1585761 |
| OpenAlex | W2944525865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study examined how dietary diversity and key demographics are linked to greater Spanish reading comprehension for child beneficiaries of a USDA-funded Food for Education programme in Guatemala. All students in 3rd and 6th grade were surveyed across 118 schools, 3519 children in total. Generalised linear mixed models examined the influence of dietary diversity, and K’iche’ language ability, on children’s Spanish reading comprehension. Dietary diversity showed no significant relationships. However, consumption of eggs on the day of assessment predicted higher reading comprehension scores. Children who indicated they spoke K’iche’ fared worse on assessments. Implications for policy, practice, and research are discussed
Biology · Comprehension · Demographics · Dietary diversity · Environmental health · Food security · Political science · Reading comprehension · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |