India’s national school meal programme linked to improved growth in children: Study (MSN India)

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.