Multi-micronutrient-fortified biscuits decreased the prevalence of anaemia and improved iron status, whereas weekly iron supplementation only improved iron status in Vietnamese school children

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1419-1427

  Hieu, Nguyen Trung ^a   Sandalinas, Fanny ^b   De Sesmaisons, Agnès ^a   Laillou, Arnaud ^c   Tam, Nguyen Phuong ^a   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^d   Bruyeron, Olivier ^a   Wieringa, Frank Tammo ^b   Berger, Jacques ^b  

^a Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques (GRET)   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^d Vietnam Food Administration 138A   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Fortification; Iron; Pharmaceutical supplementation; School aged children; Vitamin A; Zinc

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROUS FUMARATE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAMESE;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; VIETNAM; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84867722849     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511006945     Document Type: Article

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