Effect of fortification with multiple micronutrients and n-3 fatty acids on growth and cognitive performance in Indian schoolchildren: The CHAMPION (Children's Health and Mental Performance Influenced by Optimal Nutrition) study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1766-1775

  Muthayya, Sumithra ^a   Eilander, Ans ^b   Transler, Catherine ^b   Thomas, Tinku ^a   Van Der Knaap, Henk C M ^b   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Van Klinken, B Jan Willem ^b   Osendarp, Saskia J M ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GROWTH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY; MICRONUTRIENTS;

EID: 66849124940     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26993     Document Type: Article

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