Home-grown school feeding: assessment of a pilot program in Nepal

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Average weight of school meals and their contribution to the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of children 7–9 years and girls 10–12 years

Menu	Meal weight (grams)	% of RDA
Menu	Meal weight (grams)	Energy	Protein	Vit. A	Niacin	Thiamine	Calcium	Iron ^a
Children 7–9 years:
- Nutritious porridge	156	20	25	23	19	29	7	10
- Millet flour pancake	196	21	31	63	19	48	16	46 (14)
- Mix veg fried rice	117	18	22	28	16	19	8	9
- Rice flake with chicken curry	111	30	33	0	19	5	23	90 (23)
Mean	145	22	28	29	18	25	13	39 (13)
Schoolgirls 10–12 years:
- Nutritious porridge	156	17	18	23	19	23	6	6
- Millet flour pancake	196	18	22	64	19	38	12	27 (8)
- Mix veg fried rice	117	15	16	20	16	15	6	5
- Rice flake with chicken curry	111	25	24	0	19	4	17	54 (14)
Mean	145	19	20	27	18	20	10	23 (8)

Meal weight (grams, in raw form) was equivalent to full portion size
^a Iron contribution of non-iron fortified rice flake, wheat and millet flour is in parentheses

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