United Nations System
Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Thirty-Fifth Session of the Standing Committee on Nutrition

 

Working Group on Nutrition of School Age Children

Draft Agenda (18 January 2008)

Chair: Francisco Espejo (WFP)
Co-Chairs: Natalie Roschnik (Save the Children US), Lesley Drake (Partnership for Child Development)

Sunday 2 March 2008
Pre-Session Meeting

Time Topic
0930-1230 Objectives
  1. To share current activities of the different members, issues, opportunities, related to nutrition of the SAC
    Street Children in Dhaka: Socio-cultural Correlates of Nutrition & Health. Saiqa Siraj (BRAC, Bangladesh) and Tahmeed Ahmed (ICDDR,B)
  2. To share and discuss the 2008 work plan
  3. To share and discuss the M&E Framework concept note and identify people who want to be on the M&E Framework Nutrition WG
  4. To discuss the new WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents

Summary of Working Group Session discusssions

Paper to be presented:

Discussion:
Remarks can address:

  • Some vulnerability indicators in SAC such as height, mothers' education, etc, as a vulnerability indicator to identify high community risks from the MCH perspective, it can also help to prioritize those schools to prevent further damage
  • School age offer a captive population where nutritional behaviors can be promoted and thus future, specially in rural environments
  • What happens with stunting of SAC, their functional capacity and the long terms effects

 

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Time Topic
1200-1330 Objectives
To discuss
  1. The relationship between education and undernutrition
  2. What is the role of nutrition education?
  3. What can be done at the school level to maximize the educational effect in preventing under-five malnutrition?

Papers to be presented
These papers demonstrate the relationship between education and undernutrition.

Presenting the evidence that supports the role of education in reducing the under-nutrition of the under five children:

  1. The risk of child malnutrition is reduced with greater maternal and paternal formal education in Indonesia and Bangladesh
    Richard D. Semba, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Mayang Sari, Nasima Ahkter and Martin W. Bloem

Presenting the specific role of nutrition education:

  1. Nutrition Information and Formal Schooling as Inputs to Child Nutrition
    Patrick Webb; Steven Block Economic Development and Cultural Change; Jul 2004; 52, 4; ABI/INFORM Global

Expected outcomes
A briefing of the session that can be used for dissemination and advocacy purposes by SCN members

 

SAC Working Group Task Force documents
School Health and Nutrition Programs: Guidelines for program managers
Draft to be reviewed by SCN SAC working group members