The effect of vitamin A supplementation on the growth of preschool children in the Sudan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1359-1362

  Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Herrera, M Guillermo ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Nestel, Penelope ^b   El Amin, Alawia ^c   Mohamed, Kamal A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SUDAN; VITAMIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030849751     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.8.1359     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. de Onis M, Monteiro C, Akre J, Clugston G. The world-wide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO global database on child growth. Bull World Health Organ. 1993;71:703-712.
2. Brink EW, Perera WDA, Broske SP, et al. Vitamin A status of children in Sri Lanka. Am J Clin Nutr. 1979;32:84-91.
3. Cohen N, Measham C, Khanum S, Khatun M, Ahmed N. Xerophthalmia in urban Bangladesh. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1983;72: 531-536.
4. Nestel P, Herrera MG, El Amin A, Fawzi WW, Mohamed KA, Weld L. Determinants of vitamin A deficiency in northern Sudan. J Nutr. 1993;123:2115-2121.
5. Santos LMP, Dricot JM, Asciutti LS, Dricot-d'Ans C. Xerophthalmia in the state of Paraiba, northeast of Brazil: clinical findings. Am J Clin Nutr. 1983;38:139-144.
6. Muhilal, Permeisih D, Idjradinata YR, Muherdiyantiningsih, Karyadi D. Vitamin A-fortified monosodium glutamate and health, growth, and survival of children: a controlled field trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 1988;48:1271-1276.
7. West KP, Djunaedi E, Pandji A, et al. Vitamin A supplementation and growth: a randomized community trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 1988;48:1257-1264.
8. Rahmathullah L, Underwood BA, Thulasiraj RD, Milton RC. Diarrhea, respiratory infections, and growth are not affected by a weekly low-dose vitamin A supplement: a masked, controlled field trial in children in southern India. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991;54: 568-577.
9. Gershoff SN, McGandy RB, Suttapreyasri D, et al. Nutrition studies in Thailand II. Effects of fortification of rice with lysine, threonine, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin A and iron on preschool children. Am J Clin Nutr. 1977;30:1185-1195.
10. Gershoff SN, McGandy RB, Nondasuta A, Tantiwongse P. Nutrition studies in Thailand: effects of calories, nutrient supplements, and health interventions on growth of preschool Thai village children. Am J Clin Nutr. 1988;48:1214-1218.
11. Ramakrishnan U, Latham M, Abel R. Vitamin A supplementation does not improve growth of preschool children: a randomized, double-blind field trial in South India. J Nutr. 1995;125:202-211.
12. Kirkwood BR, Ross DA, Arthur P, et al. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on the growth of young children in northern Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr. 1996;63:773-781.
13. Herrera MG, Nestel P, El Amin A, Fawzi WW, Mohamed KA, Weld L. Vitamin A supplementation and child survival. Lancet. 1992;340:267-271.
14. Fawzi WW, Herrera MG, Willett WC, et al. Vitamin A supplementation and dietary vitamin A in relation to the risk of xerophthalmia. Am J Clin Nutr. 1993;58: 385-391.
15. Fawzi WW, Herrera MG, Willett WC, et al. Dietary vitamin A intake and the risk of mortality among children. Am J Clin Nutr. 1994;59:401-408.
16. Composition of Foods: Agriculture Handbook No. 8-1. Washington, DC: US Dept of Agriculture; 1976.
17. US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare and Food and Agricultural Organization. Food Composition Tables for Use in Africa. Rome, Italy: Food and Agricultural Organization; 1968.
18. Hamill PVV, Drizd TA, Johnson CL, Reed RB, Roche AF. NCHS Growth Curves for Children Birth-18 Years: United States, 1977. Hyattsville, Md: National Center for Health Statistics; 1977. DHEW publication PHS 78-1650.
19. Rahmathullah L, Underwood BA, Thulasiraj RD, et al. Reduced mortality among children in southern India receiving a small weekly dose of vitamin A. N Engl J Med. 1990;323:929-935.
20. Ghana VAST Study Team. Vitamin A supplementation in northern Ghana: effects on clinic attendances, hospital admissions, and child mortality. Lancet. 1993;342:7-12.
21. Fawzi WW, Herrera MG, Willett WC, Nestel P, El Amin A, Mohamed KA. Dietary vitamin A in relation to child growth. Epidemiology. In press.
22. Fawzi WW, Herrera MG, Willett WC, Nestel P, El Amin A, Mohamed KA. A prospective study of dietary vitamin A intake and the incidence of diarrhea and respiratory infection among Sudanese children. J Nutr. 1995;125:1211-1221.