Gunnell 2000[39]
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Growth outcomes*
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Intervention included either daily school feeding (SF) or family food packages weekly (FP) and two control groups with no food subsidy- families and school students
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Mean, (SD)
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I
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C
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p
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Height increase, cm
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6.10(1.50)
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5.56(1.45)
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<0.0001
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Leg length increase, cm
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4.98 (2.07)
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4.87(2.25)
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0.0006
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Trunk increase, cm
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1.12 (2.17)
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0.69 (2.23)
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0.17
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Stature increases by method of feeding,†
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Children aged 2–14 years
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Mean (95%CI)
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SF
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FP
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Change in height (I-C), mm
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6.7 (2.7-10.6)
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2.0 (−0.7-4.8)
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Change in leg length (I-C),mm
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7.2 (1.9-12.4)
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2.3 (−1.5-6.2)
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Mortality
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Hazard ratio I vs C (95%CI)
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p
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All causes
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1.15 (0.7,1.7)
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0.46
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CHD
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1.62 (0.8,3.5)
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0.21
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Cancer
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0.69 (0.4,1.4)
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0.30
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Non-smoking
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related cancer
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0.59 (0.2,2.0)
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0.59
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