Systematic Review Data: School feeding programs for improving the physical and psychological health of school children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage

This dataset is derived from an upcoming systematic review. The review examines the effects of school meal programs on socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. It compiles a non-exhaustive list of outcomes from 40 studies and 83 publications. The outcomes include academic achievement, attendance/absenteeism, anemia, BAZ, behavior, dropout, enrollment, ferritin, food insecurity, HAZ, height, hemoglobin, IQ, math achievement, working memory (digit span), obesity, reading achievement, stunting, thinness, vitamin B12, WAZ, weight, and WHZ. Subgroups are also included by sex and relative social disadvantage (measured either through economic measures or malnutrition). Any data transformations are noted within several columns and the notes section.