A randomized controlled trial offering higher-compared with lower-dairy second meals daily in preschools in guinea-bissau demonstrates an attendance-dependent increase in weight gain for both meal types and an increase in mid-upper arm circumference for the higher-dairy meal

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 124-132

  Batra, Payal ^a   Schlossman, Nina ^a,b   Balan, Ionela ^c   Pruzensky, William ^c   Balan, Adrian ^c   Brown, Carrie ^a   Gamache, Madeleine G ^a   Schleicher, Molly M ^a   De Sa, Augusto Braima ^c   Saltzman, Edward ^a   Wood, Lauren ^b   Roberts, Susan B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Global Food and Nutrition Inc   (United States)

^c International Partnership for Human Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Dairy; Guinea Bissau; HAZ; Preschool; Protein; Retinol binding protein; RUSF; Undernutrition; WAZ

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MILK PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; FAT INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ARM; CALORIC INTAKE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEFICIENCY; FAT INTAKE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEALS; MICRONUTRIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84959273629     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.218917     Document Type: Article

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