This study’s objective was to determine the effect of adding cow milk, which is an animal source food, to school meals on the growth parameters of standard 1 learners aged 6 to 12 years in Nkhotakota. A quasi-experimental design was implemented. A total of 132 learners from two schools were recruited with 67 learners allocated to the intervention group and 65 learners in the control group. Learners in the intervention group were supplemented with 250 ml of UHT cow milk 3 times a week for ...