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In 2012, China rolled out a school feeding program (SFP) to address this issue. This study assesses changes in anemia rates, as well as potential factors driving these changes, both 3 and 10\u2009years after the SFP was implemented.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data were from two cross\u2010sectional surveys (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20091510) in northwestern China.\n                      <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2010tests were used to compare the differences in health outcomes of students and their dietary diversity across the different sample years. Regressions were used to examine the associations between health outcomes and dietary diversity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After the SFP was launched, hemoglobin levels of students improved from 126 to 131\u2009g\/L between 2015 and 2022\/2023; the rates of anemia and stunting decreased from 17% to 6% and 9% to 1%, respectively. A rise in student dietary diversity and an increase in the share of students that consumed iron\u2010rich foods are two main contributing factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for School Health Policy, Practice, and Equity<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Increase in funding allotted to the SFP over time appears to be a key element in improving the health and nutrition of rural students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>SFP in rural China exemplifies the concrete advantages in improving the health and potential educational outcomes of students.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/josh.70118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,26]],"date-time":"2026-01-26T07:59:33Z","timestamp":1769414373000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["School Feeding Program and Health Outcomes Among School\u2010Aged Children: Evidence From Rural China"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"96","author":[{"given":"Lei","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"International Business School Shaanxi Normal University  Xi'an Shaanxi China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4479-8758","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Siqi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Business School Shaanxi Normal University  Xi'an Shaanxi China"},{"name":"Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions Stanford University  Palo Alto California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4742-9093","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaowei","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Education Shanghai Jiao Tong University  Shanghai China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stanford University  Palo Alto California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Rule","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions Stanford University  Palo Alto California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions Stanford University  Palo Alto California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"Rozelle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions Stanford University  Palo Alto California USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,25]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"e_1_2_12_2_1","first-page":"426","article-title":"Effects of Iron Deficiency Anemia on Cognitive Function in Children","volume":"57","author":"Agaoglu L.","year":"2007","journal-title":"Arzneimittel\u2010Forschung"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chieco.2017.07.006"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/03670244.2010.507437"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/20503121221122398"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/131.2.676S"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1468-0297.2009.02220.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1155\/2016\/7357136"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_9_1","unstructured":"\u201cWhat is Anemia? \u201dhttps:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health\/anemia."},{"key":"e_1_2_12_10_1","first-page":"219","volume-title":"Economics of Means\u2010Tested Transfer Programs in the United States","author":"Hoynes H.","year":"2015"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jand.2015.06.381"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2018.10.011"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1753-4887.2010.00369.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00036846.2022.2156472"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/nxy305"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1596\/978-0-8213-7974-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_12_17_1","first-page":"60","volume-title":"Healthcare","author":"Burrows T. 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